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Salt Grass Trail Ride 2004 The Reese Lockett wagon #3 (Pride with Traditions)
Our wagon meets in Cat Springs, Texas and we ride a total of 92 miles into Houston to get ready for the Houston Live Stock Show & Rodeo Parade. Our day starts at 5:00AM when we get up to feed our horse, and get our rigs ready to move out at 6:00AM to our next camp site. . A hot cup of coffee is ready for us at the camp fire to help us get going. After moving our rigs we are ferried back to the old camp site to eat breakfast, saddle our horse, and get ready to pull out at 9:00 AM for our day's ride. Our day can be as short as 8 miles or as long at 25 miles depending on the route to our next camp site. We ride in sun shine or rain, cold or heat, so you better not forget your jacket and/or rain slicker in your rig that morning. (If you do it can be a very long wet or cold day in the saddle.) Wagon #3 is the only wagon on the Salt Grass Trail Ride that cooks all its meals over an open camp fire. Our breakfast will include eggs, bacon, grits, fresh fruits, orange juice, milk, toast, jelly, and coffee. Lunch is eaten on the side of the road out of the back of the wagon. We carry the makings for some great sandwiches, with fresh fruits, chips, cookies, soft drinks, or water. Now when you get in from the trail in the evening, we have fresh pork chops, or port loins, chili, chicken, stew, or steaks with all the trimmings. Here are some photos I took this year on the ride. As you can see from the trail riders have a lot of fun on the trail, and when we get to camp that evening, the fun goes on. There are dances almost every night if you have any energy to shake a leg, and you then go to bed to start the day all over. This was Evelyn's and my twelfth SGT and it want be our last. SALT GRASS TRAIL
ASSOCIATION 2004 TRAIL RIDE SCHEDULE
DATE
DISTANCE
CAMPSITE
1.
Saturday
Feb 21
Circle Ride
Wittenburg Pastrue 2.
Sunday
Feb 22
12 miles
Bellville Fair Grounds 3.
Monday
Feb 23
18 miles
San Felipe 4.
Tuesday
Feb 24
15 miles
Neuman Rd. 5.
Wednesday
Feb 25
8 miles
Katy Park 6.
Thursday
Feb 26
12 miles
Houston Farm & Ranch 7.
Friday
Feb 27
20 miles
Memorial Park 8 Saturday Feb 28 PARADE Downtown Houston |
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Chow getting ready at the fair grounds in Bellville, TX (Sunday night) |
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Susan and Evelyn having a toast on Saturday night. |
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Even the kids have fun on the ride. |
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Bubba with his family and friends, and Charlie and his family with friends. |
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Katie, Mrs. Franks, and Eric |
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David, David Jr., and Jimmy |
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Marciano is our great camp cook along with Susan. Thanks for taking care of us and the great food. |
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This is what we loving refer to as the chuck wagon/trailer. All the grub is carried here and prepared to be eaten. |
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Eric, hey Katie, look what I have. |
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Marciano cooking the pork loins along with Eric's help. |
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Evelyn in our home away from home on the trail. This is our Keefer Built three horse slant load horse trailer with a living quarter in the front. |
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Gloria and Tim relaxing after a day on the trail from Cat Springs to Bellville, Texas. (12 miles) |
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Magic and Sonny are enjoying their hay and grain after taking us on our first leg of our journey. |
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This is our beloved wagon number three. It is the Reese Lockett Wagon, the first original wagon on the SGT. The wagon was order our of the Montgomery Ward Catalog by Reese Lockett. (wonder if the warranty is still good????) |
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Dinner time Sunday night. |
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Dinner time Sunday night around the camp fire. |
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Kaden is one of our littlest trail rider on wagon three. |
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Monday morning meet us with rain. But the ride goes on. |
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Jim and Don getting ready for breakfast on Monday morning. |
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Is there any room around the camp fire to get warm or dry? |
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Toast or coffee any one? |
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Our mule skinner Don, with his grandson Kaden ready to go. Kaden likes John Deere tractors and Gave Digger Monster truck. |
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Wagon 3 and it's riders leave in the rain Monday morning for their 18 mile ride to San Felipe, TX |
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Lunch break on the side of the road between Bellville Fair Grounds and San Felipe. |
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Wagon 3 setting up the table, lunch box, and cooler for their lunch break. |
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