Wells Fargo Trip

Last week Scott and I went with a friend to help him with his Wells Fargo stagecoach team. The first day we rode in his semi truck (which was not very comfy for three people, by the way) and headed to Kanab. We dropped the horses off for the night and went to the hotel. Day one was not very exciting. Ha ha.

On day two we drove from Kanab to Prescott, Arizona. That took a while... Then we headed straight to the fairgrounds there and got the horses all cleaned up and pretty for their big appearance later that night. Here are some pictures of the truck we rode in.



This is where the horseys rode.

The ramp to get the horses and the stagecoach out.

The whole thing



Getting all prettied up! :)

Waiting for things to get started.

Warming up the horses

Parker at the wheel. Or reins I guess ;)

 This was another team at the rodeo in Prescott. They are English Shire draft horses. They had one unicorn horse out in front and three at the wheels. They went into the arena and did some really neat things. They could pivot the wagon on its back wheel while the horses basically ran around it and they could move the horses perpendicular to the wagon without moving the wagon. It was way sweet to watch. They're based out of Ceder City, Utah.

On the third day, we woke up way early to get ready for the parade. We got the horses all cleaned up again (plus the stagecoach) and these are some pictures of us waiting for the parade to start. After the parade we took the stagecoach back to the rodeo to be on display. We got to watch the rodeo that night too.

This is a replica of an actual Wells Fargo Stagecoach. It weighes approximately 3000 pounds and is all wood and leather.

This is a Belgian (I think) that was in the parade. He was just cute sticking his head out of the trailer.

This is how we got the stagecoach out of the trailer. It's connected to a winch at the front that pulls it in and out.

Day four of our journey was spent in Prescott as well. We went to church and just kind of hung out for the day. It was nice to relax after going like a chicken with its head cut off for so long :)