Greetings,
May 28, 2011 – Alexandria to Oak, Nebraska – The last day of week one. Today we rode along the Little Blue River in Southeastern Nebraska. We passed the site of the Millersville and Kiowa Pony Express stations. All that remains are vague sites because the actual stations were burned during the Indian Wars of the 1870s.
As you can see from the photos, we passed large patches on wild marijuana. Here in Nebraska the marijuana is a "ditch weed." As you would expect, there were conversations about financing the trip by selling bags of Commemorative Pony Express Herbs. Other than a topic for conversation, no one is interested in ditch weed.
Frank and Whiskey finished the week sound. We ran half-days all week, with Frank running 75 miles and Whiskey ran 50 miles. Whiskey was a little muscle sore last night and the half days are giving both horses the opportunity to ease into the trip.
We will spend the next two days in Oak Nebraska. The townsfolk of Oak are cooking a dinner for us tonight. Tomorrow morning, we are looking forward to sleeping late. The 6:00 am starts require waking at 4:30 in order to eat, pack the van, and saddle the horses.
We are living on the road. Cindy joked a few days ago when someone on the trip asked where she lives. Cindy replied, "Today I live in Kansas, tomorrow I will live in Nebraska, and in a few weeks, Wyoming." Living on the trail like this is easy. We know where we are, where we have been, where we are going, and we know our purpose. Life is relatively simple.
Best Regards,
Tom N
May 28, 2011 – Alexandria to Oak, Nebraska – The last day of week one. Today we rode along the Little Blue River in Southeastern Nebraska. We passed the site of the Millersville and Kiowa Pony Express stations. All that remains are vague sites because the actual stations were burned during the Indian Wars of the 1870s.
As you can see from the photos, we passed large patches on wild marijuana. Here in Nebraska the marijuana is a "ditch weed." As you would expect, there were conversations about financing the trip by selling bags of Commemorative Pony Express Herbs. Other than a topic for conversation, no one is interested in ditch weed.
Frank and Whiskey finished the week sound. We ran half-days all week, with Frank running 75 miles and Whiskey ran 50 miles. Whiskey was a little muscle sore last night and the half days are giving both horses the opportunity to ease into the trip.
We will spend the next two days in Oak Nebraska. The townsfolk of Oak are cooking a dinner for us tonight. Tomorrow morning, we are looking forward to sleeping late. The 6:00 am starts require waking at 4:30 in order to eat, pack the van, and saddle the horses.
We are living on the road. Cindy joked a few days ago when someone on the trip asked where she lives. Cindy replied, "Today I live in Kansas, tomorrow I will live in Nebraska, and in a few weeks, Wyoming." Living on the trail like this is easy. We know where we are, where we have been, where we are going, and we know our purpose. Life is relatively simple.
Best Regards,
Tom N
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