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Old Fashioned Wagon Train Riding Slowly Toward The New Year (Gallery)
December 30, 2017
An old-fashioned trail ride set out Friday from Bratt, headed south through North Escambia to greet the new year — and help a friend in need.
The New Years wagon train left a home on Breastworks Road, stopping for lunch at Crossroads Grocery at the Bratt Crossroads. Participants used the stop as a chance to load up last minute supplies and have lunch, the smell of grilled food waffling through the cool midday air as they grilled up some grub.
Riders then headed north on North Highway 99 to take less traveled roads like Oakshade and Pine Barren on their way to Molino and a New Year’s dinner and party at the Barrineau Park Community Center.
They will also hold a baked goods auction to raise money to help friend Doug Poston. He had a stroke a few months back and has been out of work since while he recovers. And that’s just the way it works on the wagon train, where everyone is a friend, a part of the family, as the world passes by at two or three miles per hour.
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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7 Responses to “Old Fashioned Wagon Train Riding Slowly Toward The New Year (Gallery)”
makes me remember the “goat man passing through Escambia county
It appears some folks have figured out how to get around the failing North Escambia infrastructure…..American ingenuity. Of course having a rhyme or reason to timely and professionally finish roads and bridges….maybe somebody put that as a new years resolution and getting to work in a wagon may not be necessary.
Happy Trails to you!!
And a Green Egg.
That’s a upgrade.
Blessed to call this group family.
I think that is really cool, but I did not know that the wagons in the old fashioned wagon trains had steel frames and rubber tires. Good luck on your trip and may all make it safely.
god bless those wagon riders.they are good people and will help a friend in need.we need more people like that to care of others.may god bless your trip