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Journal Entry: Saturday June
26,1976, Historic Batsto Village at Wharton State Forest, Hammonton, NJ....27.8mi
The only official wagons pulling today are Vt., Mass & N.H., and the only independent wagon is Allan Butler with his little" Tumbleweeds" rig.
G is not getting any better today so we will have to give in and not travel on the "Train". It's going to be a very hot long day and we don't want to leave her. Dawn took Thunder for us and we trucked Breezy & G. We are in the "Pine Barrens" of New Jersey. The road down to Basto Village is very lonesome, bug infested & dusty the teams do not have a good day for traveling and it is almost 100 degrees in the shade.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Barrens_(New_Jersey)
G is
not good. We are dousing her with water about
every 15-20 minutes. Her temperature is
up to 106 degrees – about dusk her temperature went down to 104.
Also April,( Dawn's horse)and a local horse had to be trucked in off the road today.
Everyone is looking forward to a " Rest Day" tomorrow ! June 13th was our last rest day. We have been on the road every day in NJ so far. With all the mileage, heat ,and sick horses patience is wearing thin.
There aren’t very many people here but the bugs
are all over.
The bugs are the size of small airplanes. I have never seen such large horseflys ! http://www.batstovillage.org/
The people who work here
at Batsto Village will not cooperate with us at all. We are not being treated very well down here. They think we have some communicable diseases and they want to quarantine the whole Wagon Train. Some "Wagoneers" were turned away at a local store !
Stan Bashura's Journal Entry:
Well, we are not going anywhere today, the
Connecticut Wagon that is. Unfortunately my worries came true at about
11:30 pm last night. Our CT State Wagon horses, Jack and Colonel are
extremely sick. They were both running a temperature of 104.2 degrees
(normal is about 100.5). Their breathing is very labored and they are
both laying down. Lee Richie came over with Roger and told me they called
a Dr. Zimmerman and a couple of other local vets to try and get them here
to look at the sick horses. I guess Rhode Island's spare horse is also
extremely ill and a couple other horses are getting sick too. I
stayed awake all night to try and keep our horses comfortable, and to wait
for the vet. Finally, about 4 am, I gave up, the vet never showed up all
night. I hope the other horses are doing okay. I napped for about
an hour and got back up. Jack and Colonel still didn't look too good or
sound any better. Jack's temperature was down to 102, but Colonel's temp was up
to 105. I told Lee Richie and Roger that I would have to have them and
the CT State Wagon trucked to the next encampment at Batsto Village. They
towed the CT Wagon behind Lee Richie's house car and the horses were
trailered. I rode with the horses. So the CT Wagon and it's team
spent all day at Historic Batsto Village in Wharton State Forest, Hammonton,
NJ., getting some much needed rest. Quite a few of the other wagons had
their horses trucked also. We all are hoping all the horses
would get better soon. Still waiting on a vet to show up
Here is the Connecticut Wagons
Journal entry for Saturday, June 26th, 1976:
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| After the "Show"every night there was the "Campfire" |
Every night we all enjoyed sitting around the wagons and the campfire.
It was a great time for us to unwind and get to know each other.
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