Mobile AZ
Two Miles Per Hour: Arizona Through the Eyes of a Mule Rider
The joy of mulespeed is the ease of stopping. At 2 miles per hour, the mind slows to the speed of the scenery. From there, it ain’t much of a leap to standing still.
Standing still is where my mind sees the day’s last photos.
I always keep a camera handy and the photos usually just compose themselves. I just have to press the shutter. The following are just a few Arizona mulespeed scenes.
The Saguaro Concert: Riding the Butterfield Route Through Arizona
It cheers me that I can do today what once took an act of Congress. It’s just too bad they never heard the saguaro.
In 1857, Congress voted funding for an overland mail route “from such point of the Mississippi River as the contractors may select, to San Francisco.” The contractors chose St. Louis. Congress chose San Francisco. Ok, so I chose Oriental, NC to San Diego. Still, our routes often overlapped.
As I make my way across Arizona, I… Continue reading
