Reports from the Trail
2023
FROM: NPEA Stablemaster
SENT: June 13th, 2023 | 9:03pm PDT
STATUS: The Pony arrived at the Sinclair Casper Refinery at 9:40 pm MDT, running one hour 40 minutes behind schedule.
FROM: NPEA Stablemaster
SENT: June 13th, 2023 | 8:06pm PDT
STATUS: The Pony left the National Historic Trails Center at Casper, WY, at 8:40pm MDT, running 90 minutes behind schedule.
FROM: Mike the HAM guy
SENT: June 13th, 2023 | 3:58pm PDT
STATUS: Mike reports that the road is a bit slippery and muddy, but 4WD is working ok. There's been some weather in the area. You can watch by adding the NOAA Weather layer to the map.
FROM: NPEA Stablemaster
SENT: June 13th, 2023 | 2:22pm PDT
STATUS: The Pony passed by Independence Rock at 1:45pm MDT, running about 1 hour 35 minutes behind schedule.
FROM: NPEA Stablemaster
SENT: June 13th, 2023 | 12:13pm PDT
STATUS: The Pony has reached the junction of Martin's Cove Road & West Oregon Trail at 1:05pm MDT, running approximately one hour 45 minutes behind schedule,
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