text: Even though it may take alot of time to go places to places many people may not like having long trips. The text states,'' It took about two weeks to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the eastern coast of the united States and a month to get too china.'' THe passage also states,'' They took cre of animals and bales of hay and bags of oats had to pull up from the lower holds of the ship. So those are some more details. So that proves again why luke keeps on convincing them to participate in the seagoing program, if they didn't want to they didn't have to.