FROM: Carl Schultz, Sweetwater County, Wyoming
PST
I know that this may be a little late,but I feel that we need to recognize the riders that took the time to carry the mail across Sweetwater County. We received the mail at 9:15 am on Monday June 16th from the Uinta group. The first rider received the Mochilla and we were off and running. The second rider was not able to make the ride so we did the usual, we adapted and improvised. We headed for Farson in hopes of making up some time. With the help of some great rides we did exactly that. We arrived in Farson about 1:50 pm about 40 minutes ahead of schedule. From there we headed for Atlantic City, at an accelerated pace. Again we had to adapt and improvise as some of our riders could not make it. With the help of some very dedicated riders we started to gain some more time. We decided that if we could cut down on our exchange and strive for a 12 min ride we could make up quite a bit of time. I was quite pleased as we averaged 15 sec. per exchange and 10 min per each two mile ride over the 110 miles of trail. We arrived at Atlantic City at 6:15 pm, 2 hours ahead of schedule. We passed the Mochilla to Stan Bean and his group headed for Jeffery City. It takes a lot of dedicated riders to make this event be so great. Thanks to all who ride and to those who support this great event.