Im going west because of the gold rush and because i like to explore. but it took 6 MONTHS to get there but along with that came a lot of hardships like diseases for example cancer.  their was a shortage of food after about 2 months wagons broke animals died people died even some children died if they had to go with their parents it was tragic for some people and for some of them it was kinda fun!  and when i got there i had got gold 5 times! but for some people they did not find anything and i felt bad for them because they came all the way over here and found nothing.  and thats why i came west and what it was like.