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Show HE TRAVELS John K's sorrows during recent years had burdened his mind, and he decided to get away-to take a tour with some acquaintances and be able to think his problems through. He planned well with his brothers to carry on with the sheep while he would be gone, and Virginia continued the responsibility of Pearl and the house. During the first week of January 1906, John K left on his trip with a group of business men who went to Mexico to inspect investment properties. Whether any of them did invest as a result of the trip was never stated by John K and none of the family thought to ask. The Mt. Pleasant men in that group were: Ras Anderson; Sophus E. Jensen; Frederick C. Jensen; Niels Peter Nielsen; and John K. Madsen. Jesse Knight and his son of Provo were also in the group--and perhaps others not mentioned by John K in his notes. In the three months they were away, they traveled via railway passenger train, for automobiles and highway travel were yet to come. They saw the most prominent cities of Mexico, witnessed bull fights and visited many points of interest. They packed into remote areas in mule pack trains. It was all a very different and exciting, even enjoyable experience, and an education, but John K was happy when they reached El Paso, Texas, enroute to Utah and home, arriving on 29 March, 1906. He had acquired many brightly colored postcards showing the Places he had seen, and they provided favorite family viewing pastimes . 84 |