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Virginia Highlands Horse Trail: Mule Ramble Wrap-Up

The other day, I accompanied my wife Julia to one of her Two Step Way sessions. The husband and wife she was working with met us at their barn, and the husband gave me a confused look. “Hey, I’ve been following your mule ramble on your website,” he said. “I thought you were still on the trail.”

Long Rider Bernie Harberts on mule Brick following saddle mule Cracker up the Virginia Highlands Horse Trail outside Cripple Creek, Virginia
On the trail: my mule Brick following my saddle mule Cracker, who I’m riding, up the Virginia Highlands Horse Trail (outside Cripple Creek,… Continue reading →

Where Mules Drink: Ride Out the Front Gate

In western North Carolina, it’s water, water everywhere. But where’s a mule to drink? Every day, our mules need to drink a few gallons to keep the mule ramble moving up the road. But water’s too heavy to carry so we have to pick it up as we go. This leads to some odd watering sites: puddles, rivers, a driveway and a tree.

Long Rider Bernie Harberts and Julia Carpenter riding mules up the New River outside Todd, North Carolina on the Ride Out the Front Gate ramble
Julia and I riding our mules up the New River. The New River is thought to be… Continue reading →