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We took a historical journey back to the early days of Nevada. We started at Fort Churchill where US Army members stood vigilant against confederate sympathizers and native Americans attacks on recent settlers. For a time, it was the terminus of the telegraph and part of the Pony Express mail route. Leaving the safety of Fort Churchill, we followed the Pony Express Trail eastward towards modern day Fallon Nevada. No station ruins remained but we did get a taste of the ruggedness and challenges of traveling through the desert. Before reaching the salivation of modern day I-95, we crossed an alkali sink where flood waters had completely ripped up and moved a concrete crossing over a drainage canal causing us to scout a passable detour. We could only imagine these young brave riders having to make life or death route-finding decisions on their own without the benefit of GPS.