Mojave River Trail Days
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I am always a bit behind posting pictures... I take too many to catch up I
guess. The Mojave River Trail Days is a small town event in the upper desert
in Helendale, CA. It was really a very nice event and I would consider going
back again. The first two photos are of an event called oddly enough "Mounted
Shooting". They have a marked out course they ride through shooting out the
balloons. It is a timed event and if you miss a balloon they add time. The
guns shoot a black powder charge and the hot embers are what breaks the
balloon. It looks like it would be a lot of fun. From my observations one of
the hard things is to train your horse not to get spooked by the noise when you
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They of course had food vendors and antique cars and antique farm equipment.
Country music performed under a tent was pretty good. Admission was a
whopping $1 and parking was free. |
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Then they had a Civil War Encampment and you could wander through looking
at how the solders camped / lived during the war. Then a few times each
day they would re-enact a battle. All in all a fun event. |
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