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Two Miles Per Hour: Arizona Through the Eyes of a Mule Rider

Published March 3, 2005

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.

Three large barbed wire balls in a front yard north of Three Points, Arizona, spotted by Long Rider Bernie Harberts on his Atlantic-to-Pacific mule ride.
Barbed wire balls – North of… Continue reading →
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Lost on the McGee Ranch: Two Days Across Six Inches of Map

Published March 1, 2005

When the driver asks you to get off and walk, do it without grumbling. He will not request it unless absolutely necessary.

—from “Hints for Plains Travelers” Omaha Herald, published 1877.

Long Rider Bernie Harberts walking alongside mules Woody and Maggie on a dirt road through the Arizona desert near Sahuarita.
No grumbling, Bernie. Me giving Maggie’s cart a good shove to keep it moving up the hill

“My ancestors were on the way to California when they broke a wagon wheel in these mountains” Norman said as he handed me a photo copied map of the McGee… Continue reading →

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