Teri sent us this link to an old video, and we offer it here to you as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_CXgmmOUtA

She says the video was shot by her father, back around 1980-ish. It features portions of the Wagon Days parade in Ketchum, Idaho. Teri’s 4-H club was invited to ride in the parade that year and all she really remembers of the day is her horse having a “meltdown” (she’s the one whose horse is jigging and trotting instead of calmly walking) over the llamas in the parade (yes, you’ll see some of the llamas as well!).

And you’ll see a number of carriages, wagons, commercial vehicles, and … the grand finale: a twelve-horse hitch pulling a line of six enormous wagons.

To read more about these wagons (which are still featured in the annual Wagon Days parade) and the traditional 20-mule-team “jerkline” that pulled them all, see http://www.visitsunvalley.com/static/index.cfm?action=group&contentID=535