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The First Thing We Ever Overtook: Woody and the Steamroller

Woody the mule next to a Slow road sign during road repairs in Parkton, North Carolina, 2004
“It gets slower than me, mule Woody…?”

It’s a blast being escorted through road repairs on a mule.

Outside Parkton they were giving the highway a new coat of asphalt. They had the usual guys in safety orange spinning their “Stop” signs to “Slow.”

Woody didn’t mind those but what did catch his attention was the steamroller.

I call them steamrollers for want of a better word. Have you ever felt them? I mean really felt them up close on… Continue reading →