Reports from the Trail
2024
FROM: NPEA Stablemaster
SENT: June 22nd, 2024 | 7:30am PDT
STATUS: At 8:22am CDT, the Pony is riding through South Pass, a 20 mile wide, gently sloping gap in the Rocky Mountains, which was perhaps the most important landform along the emigrant trails. It opened the West to settlement by providing a route over the Continental Divide that wagons could negotiate. The Pony is still running ahead of schedule.
FROM: NPEA Stablemaster
SENT: June 22nd, 2024 | 5:13am PDT
STATUS: At 6:07am MDT, the Pony is approaching Atlantic City, WY, running a little over an hour ahead of schedule.
FROM: NPEA Stablemaster
SENT: June 22nd, 2024 | 4:38am PDT
STATUS: The Pony passed through Sweetwater, WY, at 2:30am MDT, running about 1.5 hours ahead of schedule.
FROM: NPEA Stablemaster
SENT: June 21st, 2024 | 6:05pm PDT
STATUS: The Pony passed by Independence Rock at 6:43pm MDT, running about 1.5 hours ahead of schedule.
FROM: NPEA Stablemaster
SENT: June 21st, 2024 | 2:53pm PDT
STATUS: The Pony is heading toward an Independence Rock ride-by and is encountering rain. Choose the Precipitation option from the map layers choices to see.
FROM: NPEA Stablemaster
SENT: June 21st, 2024 | 12:10pm PDT
STATUS: The Pony passed Fort Caspar at 12:50 pm MDT, running about 55 minutes ahead of schedule.
FROM: NPEA Stablemaster
SENT: June 21st, 2024 | 10:53am PDT
STATUS: The Pony passed by the Casper Sinclair Refinery at 11:43am MDT, running ahead of schedule by about 45 minutes. Next exchange station is the National Historic Museum in Casper. You may want to get there a bit early!!
FROM: NPEA Stablemaster
SENT: June 21st, 2024 | 9:07am PDT
STATUS: The Pony arrived at the Glenrock, WY, exchange station at 9:57am MDT, running about one-half hour ahead of schedule.
FROM: NPEA Stablemaster
SENT: June 21st, 2024 | 6:14am PDT
STATUS: The Pony is at the Douglas, WY, exchange station at 7:06 am MDT, running on time. Good news....the interactive map NOAA weather layer is now working again.
FROM: NPEA Stablemaster
SENT: June 20th, 2024 | 9:42pm PDT
STATUS: The Pony is at Ft. Laramie, WY, at 10:30 pm MDT, running about 1.5 hours behind schedule. The weather layer for the map is not functioning at present. Evidently it is down at NOAA. We expect this will be temporary, so keep checking.