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Todd Greetings: Ride Out the Front Gate

Published September 8, 2018

I, Bernie Harberts, did not use generative AI to write or illustrate this article. Spell check and grammar check, yes. AI, no.

Long Rider Bernie Harberts, Julia Carpenter and mules tied to the caboose at RiverGirl Fishing Company in Todd, North Carolina on the Ride Out the Front Gate ramble — End of the line…well the day at least. The mules tied to the caboose at RiverGirl Fishing Company in Todd, NC. We are spending the night here before heading toward West Jefferson.

The last 3 days we climbed the escarpment from Darby to Todd, NC. Highlights include catching up with Eustace Conway (Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Last American Man” / History Channel’s “Mountain Men”), roadside graham crackers and a gift of water when our throats were as dry as our water bottles. Tonight we’re camped at RiverGirl Fishing Company in Todd, NC. Thanks Kelly and Renata for the eggs and campsite. Also big thanks to Helen at the Todd Mercantile for offering us a place to stay behind the bakery. More photos as we settle in to the Todd/West Jefferson area (Todd, NC).

Read more posts from this ramble: Ride Out the Front Gate.

Julia documented the whole ramble on her blog Saddle Under the Stars and you can read those posts here:

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