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OREGON TRAIL WEEKEND EXTRAVAGANZA
May 26, 2018 - May 27, 2018
OREGON TRAIL WEEKEND EXTRAVAGANZA
SOMETHING FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!!
SPONSORED BY THE COWBOY COUNTRY CHURCH (CCC)
MAY 26TH & 27TH, 2018
TRAIL RIDES, CAMPING, CHUCK WAGON MEALS, FISHING, GAMES, WAGON RIDES, DEVOTION, MUSIC, AND SUNDAY COWBOY SERVICE.
ALL ARE WELCOME……ALL ACTIVITIES ARE FREE….FREE WILL DONATION ACCEPTED FOR THE MEALS IF YOU WISH TO GIVE.
WESTMORELAND/LOUISVILLE/WAMEGO AREA – DIRECTIONS From Westmoreland, proceed three miles South on Hwy. 99, then East on West Union Road. Continue on West Union Road past the Forrester Road intersection. Then follow the CCC Signs to where our campground is located. The Pasture gate needs to be kept shut. Primitive overnight camping is suggested Saturday night so you can enjoy all the week-end activities.
SATURDAY, MAY 26TH, 2018
7TH ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY TRAIL RIDE (CALL BEFORE YOU HAUL) Registration begins @ 9 a.m. The morning ride leaves @ 10 a.m. The pasture terrain makes for an easy ride. Return to the campground at noon for sandwiches and drinks. Resume the ride from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Then settle your horses, get your campsite ready and enjoy a Chuck Wagon supper at 6 p.m.
OTHER DAY-TIME ACTIVITIES Pond Fishing, Kid and Adult Games, and Wagon Rides will be available for those who stay behind. Or you can just relax under our large tent, read a book, or SLEEP! Or, you could help Cookie with some real Chuck Wagon cookin’!
CHUCK WAGON SUPPER AT 6 P.M. We’ll have a real Oregon Trail Chuck Wagon Meal served with all the trimmings at 6 p.m. Cookie and his assistants will have been working all afternoon preparing the meal using the smoker attached to our Chuck Wagon.
FIRESIDE GATHERING TO CLOSE OUT THE EVENING After the meal, we’ll join around the fire pit to discuss the day, have some devotion time and sing some country and Gospel songs. Bring your guitars and/or other musical instruments. (No electricity).
SUNDAY, MAY 27TH, 2018
CHUCK WAGON BREAKFAST AT 8:30 A.M. Fire Pit Coffee available early. After Breakfast, care for your campsite and get ready for Cowboy Church.
COWBOY CHURCH SERVICE STARTS AT 10 A.M. Cowboy Church Service will take place under the large tent starting at 10 A.M. Bring your Bibles and enjoy Worship time the Cowboy Way!
ANOTHER CHUCK WAGON MEAL AT 12 NOON No fancy meal, just the way it was done on the Oregon Trail in the old days!
AFTERNOON TRAIL RIDE AND OTHER ACTIVITIES After the meal, we’ll have a short Trail Ride as well as Other Activities for those who won’t be riding. We’ll return to the campground area at 3 p.m. to gather up our belongings and head home.
QUESTIONS
Trail Boss Questions? Call Alan Gilchrist at (785) 844-0941. Pastoral, General and Chuck Wagon Questions? Call Pastor Curtis Roudybush at (785) 458-2356. For “Other Day-Time Activities” Questions? Call Hank Parker at (785) 456-3989. Information on Facebook (cowboycountrychurch) and WEB Site (www.cowboycountrychurch.org).