May 16, 2009 | Corpus Christi Caller
The 368 participants from six area school districts - Alice, Brooks County, Corpus Christi, Kingsville, Mathis and Odem-Edroy - attended as part of an academic program that promotes family bonding.
It was midmorning somewhere just north of the nondescript hamlet of Tulsita when the gentle quiet of the South Texas Trail Ride was shattered by yelps of alarm and frantic radio dispatches.
Riders camped out Thursday night in Edroy before today's start of the South Texas Trail Riders weeklong ride to San Antonio.