Pony Punchers host horseback scavenger hunt
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–East Washingtonian Photo by Naomi Scoggin
Alesia Ruchert, back left, calls Simon Says for two bothers Karl, center front. who took the game seriously while his brother Kevin Burnstad, front, enjoyed his time on his pony, led by his father Kyle Burnstad.
POMEROY–The Pony Punchers, a local rider group, hosted a scavenger hunt play day at the fairgrounds Sunday, April 18.
–East Washingtonian Photo by Naomi Scoggin
Clues on paper strips lead the Pink team to a prize–Tracy Burnstad, Sophie Miller, Sadie Klaveano, and Evelyn Burnstad.
Over 25 people came to the Garfield County Fairgrounds to help and participate in the Pony Punchers' scavenger hunt. Three teams were formed–the Red/Orange team with Westelle and Sarah Scoggin; the Pink team with Sophie Miller, Sadie Klaveano, and Evelyn Burnstad; and the Green team with Karl, Kevin, and Katie Burnstad. The teams followed written clues to find prizes hidden across the fairgrounds.
There were eight participating riders, ranging in ages from an adult to a toddler on a pony. Due to some riders using the same mount, the teams were not able to search simultaneously, so the waiting team played a game of Simon Says on horseback in the rodeo arena.
Prizes included pinwheels, plastic horse figurines, small pots of flowers, and other fun trinkets which were divided between the riders by drawing numbers that correlated to the prize. A final prize for each team was a color-coded bucket of horse equipment and fun toys.
A barbeque cooked by Kevin and Gayla Bott finished out the evening with hamburgers and hot dogs. Social distancing and sanitization were practiced throughout the day.
