HOUSTON - Traditions continued Friday night in Memorial Park, 65 years after the very first trail ride.

"It's camaraderie with everybody in the group," said Jeff Simpson, trail boss for the Texas Independence Trail ride.

The camaraderie is evident, no matter what camp site our cameras went to Friday.

"For us it's been four generations actually," said Daphne Johnson with the Prairie View Trail Ride.

They began their journey in Hempstead.

"My mother was the originator of the club it's kind of just passed down to us," Johnson said.

All 13 trail rides converged on Memorial Park Friday after they journeyed from all over Texas. On Friday, awards were handed out, and trail riders camped out for one last night before Saturday's big parade downtown.

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