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Ride Out the Front Gate: Virginia Highlands Mule Ramble

Julia Carpenter with mules Brick, Dusty and Polly in the Virginia Highlands, Ride Out the Front Gate

My wife Julia and I rode three imperfect mules out our front gate and turned left. Dusty feared cars, Brick was barely broke and Polly was unrideable so she carried our gear. We rode north, broke lentils with Eustace Conway at Turtle Island, sloshed up the Virginia Highlands Trail and watched the wild ponies of Grayson Highlands before turning for home.

We both kept journals of our epic ramble. Here they are, in chronological order, oldest first.

Julia documented our ramble on her blog Saddle Under the Stars:

Her posts are worth your time.

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