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FROM: NPS Map
SENT: June 12th, 2025 | 10:10am PDT
STATUS: At 10:01 PDT, the Pony is at Sciots Camp, running approximately 3.25 hours behind schedule. FYI, the elevation there is 5659 feet, so the Pony has steadily ridden "up" over a mile in elevation since leaving Sacramento (elev. 30 feet) yesterday. The report is that the trees have been shielding the Spot device to impede its connection with the satellite. That's why some pings are missing this morning.

FROM: Spot Map
SENT: June 12th, 2025 | 5:20am PDT
STATUS: At 7:30am PDT the Pony was reported through Kyburz running behind schedule

FROM: Spot Map
SENT: June 12th, 2025 | 3:45am PDT
STATUS: At 3:34 am PDT the Pony was reported 9.5 miles west of Sportsman's Hall

FROM: Spot Map
SENT: June 12th, 2025 | 1:23am PDT
STATUS: At 1:00am PDT the Pony was reported at Placerville

FROM: Spot Map
SENT: June 11th, 2025 | 11:55pm PDT
STATUS: At 11:50 pm PDT, the Pony was reported at the El Dorado "Y", running approximately 2 hours behind

FROM: NPEA Stablemaster
SENT: June 11th, 2025 | 7:50pm PDT
STATUS: The Pony has reached the Folsom Museum at 7:41pm, running about 82 minutes behind schedule. The Pony hit a snag with a possible lost rider and the GPS has been acting up for us to see things progress on the map as we'd like.

FROM: NPEA Stablemaster
SENT: June 11th, 2025 | 2:16pm PDT
STATUS: The Pony has left Old Sacramento on its 1966-mile journey to St. Joseph, Missouri.
Note: The lines connecting the dots on the Spot Map (#1) do not follow the trail that the Pony takes. They simply connect the dots in chronological order.