Reports from the Trail
2017
FROM: Ka7ajq
SENT: June 12th, 2017 | 8:03pm PDT
STATUS: (PEX pony location) Time: 19:06 Pony @ Section 2 estimated 43 miles west Shelbourne @ Mountain springs Pony about 12 min ahead of schedule
FROM: DebiLynn Smith
SENT: June 12th, 2017 | 7:57pm PDT
STATUS: Nevada Pony Express is on the trail! Pony and Rider are now 27 miles west of Shelbourne, NV and are approximately 12 minutes ahead of schedule! As these brave men and woman and valiant horses continue across the Silver State in the dark and inclement weather remember to be with them in spirit and share their progress with your friends and families!
FROM: Sandy Reit
SENT: June 12th, 2017 | 7:36pm PDT
STATUS: Mail just left Fairfield Utah at 4:00 right on time.
FROM: DebiLynn Smith
SENT: June 12th, 2017 | 4:45pm PDT
STATUS: As of 16:17pm PST, the Nevada section 2 rider is 26 miles west of Shelbourne Rest Area. Mail is about 40 minutes ahead of schedule. GO PONY!
Utah Team #3 Report
FROM: Patrick Hearty
PDT
Utah’s Team #3 may be the smokin’est group on the trail. With 18 riders, we carried the mochila across Utah’s west desert from Simpson Springs, in the dark and through a punishing south wind (some riders had to take creative routes home on Monday, as the winds had blown several semi’s over and I-80 in Skull and Tooele Valleys was closed). We ran 47 2-mile segments, which calculates out at about 94 miles, and did it in 9 hours and 15 minutes. Can’t say enough thanks to the riders, our, Continue Reading
FROM: David Kittle Second Vice President
SENT: June 12th, 2017 | 12:58pm PDT
STATUS: On June 12th at 12:28 pm PDT the Pony Rider and mail were at the Schelbourne Rest Area and US 93.
FROM: ka7uis
SENT: June 12th, 2017 | 8:08am PDT
STATUS: On June 12 (PEX location 4) Pony @ Whiskey Rd. 17.6 Mi W sect 1 Ibapah
@ 7:42 PDT Pony about 27 min ahead of sched. from tracker
FROM: KA7UIS
SENT: June 12th, 2017 | 7:44am PDT
STATUS: On June 12, (PEX location 3) Pony @ Pleasant valley road, 14 miles west of Ibapah section 1
@ 7:28 am PDT. Pony about 10 min ahead of sched info from tracker.
FROM: David Kittle
SENT: June 12th, 2017 | 7:12am PDT
STATUS: On June 12th at 6:25 am PST the Pony Rider and the mail crossed into Nevada.
Go Team Nevada, we have 60 hours; let's make the best of it.
Wyoming riders hand off the mail to Utah riders at 3:45am MT, Sun. June 11th
FROM: Ron Atkinson
PDT
What a great ride. received the mail from Sweetwater County 45 minutes late. by the time we reached Fort Bridger at 9:00 pm we had made up 35 minutes. Ride proceeded without any problems but darkness came and slowed us up. When we reached Evanston at 1:00 am we were right on time. The ride through town overwhelmed a first year rider and with horse problems we fell behind but got the mail to Utah state line at 3:45 a.m. Want to thank all our riders for being such a great, Continue Reading