Virginia highlands horse trail
Photo of the Day – Hammock Camping On Virginia HighlandsTrail
Photo of the Day – Puddle Drink on the Virginia Highlands Trail
Photo of the Day – Horse Heaven on Virginia Highlands Horse Trail
Photo of the Day – Our Provisions for a Three Week Trail Ride
Photo of the Day – Trail Chat on the Virginia Highlands Horse Trail
Photo of the Day – Go Around This Collapsed Bridge
Photo of the Day – A Hard Start on The Virginia Highlands Trail
Photo of the Day – A Saddlebag Full of Greens
Ride a Mule Across the Second Oldest River in the World
Howdy Sunday. I hope you’ve having a good weekend. I’ve been posting the last few weeks about my mule ramble up the Virginia Highlands Horse Trail, which runs from Elk Garden to Ivanhoe on the New River. Most of those posts and videos showed my mules Brick, Cracker and me traveling through the forest, from old growth white pine groves to controlled burns.
Photo of the Day – Morning Fog Off the Virginia Highlands Horse Trail
How Do Hoof Boots Work on Mules in the Mud?
Mules Brick and Cracker Groom Each Other on the Virginia Highlands Horse Trail
While riding my mules Brick and Cracker up the Virginia Highlands Horse Trail, they had to get used to being away from their pasture mates. They groomed each other with their teeth more than usual, and I was happy to let them stop and tend to each other a little.
Read more posts from this ramble: Virginia Highlands Horse Trail — A Mule Ramble.
A few years earlier, my wife Julia and I rode a good stretch of the… Continue reading
How to Take Big Trips in a Small Way — My Offbeat Life Podcast Interview
I love taking big trips in small steps: pedaling an old bicycle long distances, walking through the woods for hours or traveling by mule (like my latest ramble). What’s even more exciting is sharing what I’ve learned about traveling this way with folks who dream of taking an adventure of their own.
This week, I had the pleasure of being a guest on OffBeat Life, a website dedicated to online jobs and location-independent work.
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.”
Hoof Boots on the Virginia Highlands Horse Trail: Mules Brick and Cracker at 80 Miles
I recently wrote a post on how my Renegade hoof boots were performing on the Virginia Highlands Horse Trail is rough in places, littered with rocks, logs, mud, puddles, boulders and yes, the occasional horse shoe that was ripped off a horse or mule’s hoof. My hoof boots did great. Here’s a short video of how they performed on a flat but rocky section of the Virginia Highlands Horse Trail.
I’m proud to report that after 80 miles of sometimes… Continue reading
