Reports from the Trail
2016
FROM: Melba Leal, California NPEA
SENT: June 16th, 2016 | 7:02am PDT
STATUS: Approaching Luther Pass
FROM: Melba Leal, California NPEA
SENT: June 16th, 2016 | 6:12am PDT
STATUS: Arrived at Celio Ranch 30 minutes ahead of schedule.
FROM: Melba Leal, California NPEA
SENT: June 15th, 2016 | 11:09pm PDT
STATUS: Riders arrived at Cleveland Corral 45 minutes ahead of schedule.
FROM: Melba Leal, California NPEA
SENT: June 15th, 2016 | 10:00pm PDT
STATUS: At 9:55pm mail was just passed across the Brockliss Site 1 hour ahead of schedule. All is well.
A Glimpse of the Ride in El Dorado County
FROM: Larry Carpenter, California NPEA
PDT
I rejoined the Ride, or caught up with the Ride in El Dorado County, near Buckeye Road and Mother Lode Drive. It is not easy to keep pace with this Event. Riders are maintaining a speed of 8 to 11 miles an hour, but some don’t know this is a Recreation, and they ride with Passion. The route has been developed over the years to avoid traffic bottlenecks, etc, and the Riders disappear down an access rode or onto a dirt road and reappear down a road ahead of you., Continue Reading
FROM: Jeremiah Norrell, California Communications
SENT: June 15th, 2016 | 5:23pm PDT
STATUS: Horse departed El Dorado @ 1719
Folsom Report
FROM: Larry Carpenter, California NPEA
PDT
The Folsom Welcome Ceremony began On-Time at the Folsom History Museum, Sutter Street, Folsom. Hosted by the Folsom Historical Society. This began at 2:00 PM on the steps of the Museum with the public, NPEA Members, and the members of the Folsom Historical Society in attendance. Folsom after the first 6 week so Pony Express Operations was the Terminus of the Overland Route of the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company. The mail was then put on the Cars of the Sacramento Railroad for the trip to the, Continue Reading
Pony Re-Ride Departure Ceremony in Old Sacramento
FROM: Larry Carpenter, California NPEA
PDT
The 2016 Pony Express Ride Departure Ceremony in Pony Express Plaza, 2nd and J Streets, Old Sacramento, began On-Time at 9:30 AM. California Division President Elizabeth Davis introduced a series of Speakers who told a group of 50 plus of the National Pony Express Association, the Pony Express, and the role the State Parks Department, and the National Park Service play in preserving Pony Express History and sites and the Trail. The event took place in the shadow of Holland’s Pony Rider Monument across the street from the B.F. Hastings, Continue Reading
FROM: Annette Nylander, California NPEA
SENT: June 15th, 2016 | 3:06pm PDT
STATUS: We are at the White Meadows Road parking waiting for forest service so that we can get the Rope across the river at Brockliss Crossing. Ride due to come to me tonight at 10:23 pm, but need to get the ropes and cable ready early.
FROM: Melba Leal, California NPEA
SENT: June 15th, 2016 | 1:28pm PDT
STATUS: Just left Hazel.