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Mule Ramble Update: NC High Country to Hurricane Florence

Route map of Long Rider Bernie Harberts and Julia Carpenter's mule ramble through North Carolina's High Country, Ride Out the Front Gate.
Our route to date. We started our ramble at our front gate.

Three weeks ago we started our mule ramble. We rode out the farm gate with our three mules and headed into North Carolina’s High Country. Ten days later, Hurricane Florence chased us off the road. Julia just posted the mule ramble equivalent of the “half time report” on her Saddle Under the Stars blog. It’s a great read on our adventure to date. It’s about dealing with the… Continue reading →

Looking for Eustace Conway by Mule

Tent where Long Rider Bernie Harberts and Julia recorded their Eustace Conway story during the Ride Out the Front Gate mule ramble
Our tent. This is where we made the recording below.

Eustace Conway: mountain man from “Mountain Men.” Here’s a Sunday evening story about how Julia and I try to track him down on our mule ramble.

It’s night. We’re stretched out in our pitch black tent (see pic above). We’re recording our musings. Crank up the volume. Kick back and chill.

(Post Script: this recording was made last week. We’re holed up right now at our cabin waiting for Hurricane… Continue reading →