Going to Upper Canada     

     Wow, time has certainly passed very quickly, hasn't it? Well, it has for me. In fact, we have been preparing for the moving to Upper Canada this past month and finally today, we are moving to Upper Canada! Today, we will travel on a sloop upriver to Schenectady, and from there, we will travel from boat up the Mohawk River, and to Oswego River. Then, we will board a ship for Newark.  

     Anyways, while everyone was packing up our belongings for the trip, I was thinking about the time Red had told me he was leaving for Ireland, where he came from. We were standing under the apple tree, and although I reasoned with him to stay here, he said that it was settled, and I started crying. Yes, crying. I was so sad that he had to leave, and I still am! What if I never see him again? Then the most extraordinary thing happened to me. Right when I started crying, he leaned over and kissed me on the mouth, which no boy had done to me before. I would never forget that moment. And now, as I am writing this, I am sitting in the wagon that is bringing us to Upper Canada, and making our home grow smaller and smaller behind us.

A map of Upper Canada