Reports from the Trail: Stories
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2023
California Pony
FROM: Lyn
PDT
So happy to be a part of this celebration of the Pony Express Re-Ride 2023. There was a wonderful turnout of people young and old. Vintage Firefly received lots of petting. My thanks to Richard Tatman and Gordon Crowder for transfering and placing the Mochila on my saddle. I appreciate their concern for our safety and providing my sister Carol Gsell and I with the safety of a “chase truck” on the streets of Folsom. It was a great ride and I look forward to doing it again.
Pony Express Re-Ride Wyoming From Piedmont to Fort Bridger.
FROM: Anita Ishman
PDT
My husband and I work at the Fort Bridger State Historic Site for the summer. This is our third season. We have enjoyed watching the Pony Express Re-Ride. We watched from Piedmont to Fort Bridger. Thank you and your organization for doing the re-ride. It was awesome. A big Thank You to the riders. Anita and Paul Ishman
Sunrise in the West Desert of Utah
FROM: Patsy Lange
PDT
We had a glimpse of the Moon once in awhile but clouds didn’t let much of it shine through. The coming of dawn and sunrise in the desert was a welcome and beautiful sight. We had 10 cattle guards during the first 1/3 of the ride. Most of them are around the Fish Springs area, some of them were a half a mile to a mile apart. I had the ham radio operator help me with keeping track and opening the gates for the Riders to go around.
First leg out of Ibapah
FROM: Cindy Furse, Utah
PDT
Hello, I wanted to send a report from the trail. Here is a link to the Team 2 Utah photos I took, and you are welcome to use them. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HnUL5w1WcH2wfWjivcNSDxN7mJhKjcSZ?usp=sharing We received the mail at 12:15am, and I was the first rider out, on Hawk, my big appaloosa. My husband, Larry, came along this year, as he enjoys the desert section of the Pony Express trail, so we stocked up on snacks, made up a bed in the back of the Sequoia, brought along Pippin our labrador pup, and two, Continue Reading
