Reports from the Trail: Stories
By Year
By State
2017
Utah riders at Camp Floyd and between Faust & Lookout Pass
FROM: Leo E. Morin, USAF Ret.
PDT
And yet another great job by the voluminous number of riders, ponies and support staff, especially through the blowing sand and high winds (forecasted to be as high as 60mph gusts in parts of Utah)! My photos were taken on 6/11/17 at Stagecoach Inn/Camp Floyd and on the Pony Express Trail between Faust and Lookout Pass. I was my pleasure to briefly meet National President Dean Atkin and Utah President Mike Robison at Stagecoach Inn/Camp Floyd. Thanks to Dean for checking the hotline recording and providing me with a National, Continue Reading
Utah Team #3 Report
FROM: Patrick Hearty
PDT
Utah’s Team #3 may be the smokin’est group on the trail. With 18 riders, we carried the mochila across Utah’s west desert from Simpson Springs, in the dark and through a punishing south wind (some riders had to take creative routes home on Monday, as the winds had blown several semi’s over and I-80 in Skull and Tooele Valleys was closed). We ran 47 2-mile segments, which calculates out at about 94 miles, and did it in 9 hours and 15 minutes. Can’t say enough thanks to the riders, our, Continue Reading
Wyoming riders hand off the mail to Utah riders at 3:45am MT, Sun. June 11th
FROM: Ron Atkinson
PDT
What a great ride. received the mail from Sweetwater County 45 minutes late. by the time we reached Fort Bridger at 9:00 pm we had made up 35 minutes. Ride proceeded without any problems but darkness came and slowed us up. When we reached Evanston at 1:00 am we were right on time. The ride through town overwhelmed a first year rider and with horse problems we fell behind but got the mail to Utah state line at 3:45 a.m. Want to thank all our riders for being such a great, Continue Reading
More reporting from Utah
FROM: Patsy Lange
PDT
We were headed up Big Mountain when just a few feet off the road a big doe ran up the embankment and just behind her were twin fawns. They still had their spots, couldn’t have been more than a month old. They had to lunge to get up the hill but finally made it. We could not get a camera in time to take a picture, but such a great sight! We saw several other deer along the road on the way to the top of Big Mountain.
Report from Utah
FROM: Patsy Lange
PDT
We got to our second ride about an hour early, at the head of East Canyon Lake. As we were having a sandwich a couple of deer ran across the road, down to get a drink probably. A couple of minutes later, four of them came out of the brush and started walking towards the truck. They got within 20 feet of us, turned toward the lake and then up the other side and up the hill. My daughter, Jamie Marvidakis and I had a super ride along the lake,, Continue Reading
Antelopes and receiving the mail from Wyoming
FROM: Patsy Lange
PDT
On our way to the Wyoming border, just past Wahsatch Exit, an antelope crossed in front of us. It turned and started running right toward the truck. Just before it almost was going to ram us head on I turned out the lights and it barely missed us and kept on running past us . This was 1:30 AM. We got to Wyoming border about 1:45 AM, the Pony was 1hr 45 minutes late. Jamie Marvidakis took 1st ride on JoJo, I took the mail on Blaze and headed back, Continue Reading
Nearing Scottsbluff Nebraska
FROM: Troy Brian
PDT
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Following the Re-Ride from St. Joseph, MO to Sacramento, CA
FROM: Dean Atkin, NPEA National President
PDT
Patee House, St. Joseph, MO Dean Atkin, NPEA National President & Gary Chilcote, NPEA Missouri Division President in front of the Patee House, St Joseph, MO Gary Chilcote (MO), Lyle Ladner (KS), Jack Rhodes (UT) at the Patee House, St. Joseph MO First westbound Re-Riders from Patee House, St. Joseph, MO Marysville, KS Marysville Kansas Marysville Kansas Marysville Kansas Hollenberg Station, KS Hollenberg Station, KS Hollenberg Station, KS Hollenberg Station, KS Rock Creek Station Rock Creek station. Kara Reggie from Endicott Nebraska Oak, NE Oak, NE Sunset In Nebraska Cozad,, Continue Reading
Keith County Riders by Mary Cone
FROM: Mary Cone, Keith County, Nebraska Trail Captain
PDT
The 2017 XP Re-Ride in Keith County, Nebraska, went very well. Late afternoon and early evening thunderstorms threatened to shunt our path off of the gravel roads and onto pavement (not for the horses, of course, but for the trailer rigs) but little rain fell and the Re-Ride trail was navigable the whole 43.5 mile distance. There was still a light cloud cover, but the 98% moon shown through enough to greatly help us see. The North Platte Riders brought the mail 9 miles extra for our section, as we, Continue Reading