Few things changed more while the Trussells ran their dairy in San Pasqual than did the means of transportation. When Ray and May first arrived in San Pasqual their daughter, Mary took to breaking in one of their cows so she could ride her. The two examples we see here were far more common, the horse and buggy. Above we see Amos and Franklin trying to manage "Old Bessie" ... a pretty big horse and a couple of pretty small guys. Horse back riding may be more widely accepted, but these fellows look considerably less comfortable than does their older sister on the cow. Below we see some of May's friends who came out to the ranch to visit riding a surrey.
Before the automobile, folks mostly used either buggies or buckboards to get around. Rebecca recalls these as the principle form of transportation she and her siblings used to get to high school in Escondido before her father supplied the kids with a car in 1917. Shown above is a photo of a buckboard with a couple of Mary Trussell's friends on it. The photo was taken in August 1906. Shown below to the left is a photo of a buggy also from Mary's photo album. On the back it says, "Our noble steeds in the first sleet. Ann (Ann Woods), Mary and me. I'm the middle one". Probably taken about 1910.
