By Kay S. Pedrotti
Mules were once the backbone and legs of the country’s transportation: rural, urban or wilderness.

Bill and Anne Cloy stand with their mules Jezebel and Kate at their Pike County farm.
My Daddy once told me dating was in how far you could walk or ride your mule or horse in the old days.
You've heard of kissing cousins!
When we went places, he said if their good looking their your cousins. Remember that!
I was lucky. I only brought two home!
When your Granny ask them how certain people are, that's a sign. Your related!
Thank God we're not in Alabama! Nobody keep's up with what goes on over there!
If they don't plow I doubt it.