I enjoyed following Bernie Harbert's tale of riding his mule Woody, with faithful sidekick Maggie, across the United States. This year, he intends to cross mid-America in a mule driven, home built gypsy wagon (patience is required. he keeps updates in that annoying blog fashion that makes readers have to start at the bottom of the page and read UP
).
http://www.riverearth.com/journeys.html
NC Native Tim Pegram backpacked the Blue Ridge Parkway and wrote a book about it. I'll be looking for it when it comes out this fall. These days, he is doing a recreation of the experience that fictional character Inman, from the book "Cold Mountain", might have endured on his journey from a Civil War hospital to his mountain home
http://www.salisburypost.com/area/313090494238291.php (broken link)
http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070304/NEWSREC0104/703040321 (broken link)
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