Pony Express, 5/10/08
photos by David Kronick

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getting ready to begin in Palm Springs

Nancy Kronick gets the bag ready

David Kronick loads the mail

preparing to leave the Palm Springs Post Office

Pony Express Organizer Matt Midgett leads the run

the first hand-off

away through the desert

hand-off number 2

crossing the I-10 into North Palm Springs

the third hand-off

the fourth hand-off

riders head for the hills

the mail trades hands again

preparing to tackle the grade

safety first

...up...

...and up...

...and away again

Yucca Valley

another trade

entering Pioneertown

the final hand-off

all the riders, waiting for their entrance into town

and here they come...

the end of the line

the mail is safely delivered to the Pioneertown Postmistress once again

our brave riders

in the olden days, they'd look like this!

Pioneertown Posse saves the day again, even in their underwear

future Pony Express Rider?

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