I recently came across a Pony Express marker way off the Pony Express Trail. It sits in Rio Vista, California, and commemorates the New World, the river steamer that may…

I believe Rockville Station is the next station west of Gillespie's Store in Vacaville. At least, I haven't found references to any other. [Well, there is a plaque at a…

Five Mile Station is last station before you get to the western terminus of the Pony Express Trail in Sacramento. As such, it's not really part of my collection of…

Riding through Old Town Sacramento the other day, I came across a Pony Express memorial that somehow I'd never seen before. I happened to stop to adjust something on my…

Gillespie's Store is the next station west of Halfway House (Silveyville). It sits in front of Heritage House, a restaurant in the heart of old downtown section of Vacaville. Vacaville…

Took a ride the other day (December 10, 2020) to view the Pony Express Memorial in West Sacramento. Good thing too, as due to increased COVID restrictions, we're asked one…

Halfway House is another station marker west of Sacramento. It sits in the former town of Silveyville. As the inscription on the bench states, the residents of Silveyville packed up…

The western terminal of the Pony Express is in Sacramento, as is the end of the Pony Express Bikepacking Route. Even so, the first eastbound XP rider left from San…

Last July (2020), I scouted two routes between Cameron Park (actually, from Shingle Springs, a little to the east) and Folsom. The ride report is here. Based on that trip,…

The air has finally cleared enough from the summer fires to where it is "moderate" rather than "hazardous." On top of that, road crews have shut down US 50 (which…

This past week I took a couple of days to car camp and scout the upper (eastern) California portion of the Pony Express Bikepacking Route between Kyberz and Echo Summit.…

Yesterday (8/3/2020), I drove rode further up into the Sierra Nevada to scout the trail between Sand Flat campground (near Kyberz) and Riverton (just before Mile 21o7 to Mile 2118…

Yesterday (7/24/2020), I rode another short loop (20 miles) to compare the 2017 Centennial Route with the Pony Express Bikepacking Route between Pacific House and Pollock Pines (Miles 2122-2130). I…

Last Friday (7/17/20) I drove up to Placerville to scout the route between there and Pollock Pines. As before, I rode the PX Bikepacking Route on the eastbound leg (reverse…

There are two places of interest on the Pony Express Bikepacking Route between Placerville and Folsom, California. One is the Duroc Station marker near Shingle Springs (Mile 2157). I stopped…