More About the Mule

There's been a lot of focus on the Mule since its purchase last month. It seems my brother thinks of little else. He and a couple of buddies planned a four-wheeler trip up north of here a week ago which turned into a rescue event for the Mule. They spent the day before making Texas chile in Bill's dutch oven on the camp stove which they took with them for heating it. The devils also took my last dozen eggs for their breakfast unbeknownst to me!. (Bill has a new interest in cooking in cast iron skillets and dutch ovens and has some personalized pieces from a foundry here in Texas.) -- Anyway, they took three four-wheelers and the Mule and set out early on a Sunday a.m. to an 80 acre four-wheeler park. Apparently part way through the day someone (unknown to them) got seriously injured - broken neck and collarbone --falling from their vehicle five miles into the property where an ambulance couldn't go. Bill was called upon to drive the paramedics into the victim and drive him out on the backboard with the IV hanging fromo the rollbar via his belt. At one point they had to hook the mule to a four-wheeler to pull it through the mud because he had to go so slow due to the seriousness of the injured party. But they made it back to the edge of the property to the Flight-for-life helicopter where he was taken into Houston to the Medical Center. It was quite exciting all-in-all. So Bill has now ordered a remote control spot light for the Mule as a new add-on.
He said it would have been helpful as it was nearing dusk when they were coming out of the property. Bill has been involved in helping in emergencies before. I recall him volunteering when there was a call for four-wheel drive vehicles in Denver during an airplane crash during a severe storm and he and our brother - his twin - had a jeep.

The funny end of the Mule story was the next day when into hour two of power washing off the fourwheelers and the Mule of the dried-on, caked mud, I went out and asked if they were about through as I was tired of listening to the power washer and my brother retorted, "I hope so...this isn't nearly so fun as it was getting them this way yesterday!" Clean - up of the vehicles, trailer and driveway took a total of three and a half hours! and another hour and a half returning vehicles and the trailer to storage. I'm not sure it is worth the effort.....????