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Clothes for a Three-Week Mule Ramble: Virginia Highlands

Good Monday morning. The mules and I are heading to Damascus, Virginia today, to start our mule ramble. Right now I’m getting gear loaded into my saddle bags. Here’s how many clothes I’m taking for our three-week ramble.

Clothing packed for a three-week mule ramble on the Virginia Highlands Horse Trail by Long Rider Bernie Harberts: spare shirt, pants, socks, sock liners and thermals
The clothes I’m bringing on my mule ramble: 1 spare shirt, 1 spare pair of pants, 2 pairs of socks, 2 pairs of sock liners, thermal top and bottom (because it can get damn cold on the top of Grayson Highlands and… Continue reading →

The List of Items I’d Take on a Half Year Mule Ramble

What’s the list of items you’d take with you if you wanted to take a six-month long mule ramble?
Hell if I know. But Julia stepped in to the rescue. She hand wrote a list based on the items used on our last month and a half mule trip.

Bernie Harberts and Julia Carpenter after 6 weeks on the road with their mules

Here’s how Julia and I looked after 6 weeks on the road with our mules. I’m taking much the same gear with me on my next mule journey.

Here’s what Julia’s… Continue reading →