Ain't You Got No Cah?

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Summary: A Perfect Journey for Adventure Travel (Observers)
Review: I love this book, and I love Jack, the mule. The story of a month long trip by mule cart from central Florida to the mountains of North Carolina by a woman who made the trip with her husband, not in the nineteenth century, but just a few years ago, "Ain't You Got No Cah?" is a delight. It's a journey through the rural southeast backroads and back in time, at a particular point in a marriage. Whether you'd never do such a thing or would love to do it yourself, reading this book makes you feel as if you were with the travelers every step of the way. It's a wonderful view of America's astonishingly hospitable people who live by the side of the road. If you are like me and never loved a mule before, you have a treat in store. A book for everyone, it will especially charm armchair travelers who would really like to sleep outside or see the world from a slow, meditative pace, and sturdily withstand danger from unexpected sources, but who don't have the time, ability or mule and wagon. "Ain't You Got No Cah?" is a treasure, well written and vastly readable.

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Summary: Ain't You Got No Cah?
Review: Mule and wagon journey: what a trip! "Charming" best describes my initial reaction. This tale of a Ann & Roy's 600+ mile mule & wagon journey from their central Florida home to the North Carolina mountains. Yep, they did it for the adventure of it, just for fun. Should you be feeling "down," or discouraged by unkind people, here is the antidote! Almost without exception the people they found were kind and generous beyond their imaginations. Meador manages to write vignettes of these encounters without the repetitiousness that can dull interest in travel writing. The Meadors (both 60+) are invited into the homes of total strangers, they find lovely places to pitch their tent, they take careful care of their mule and gain spiritual insight. The writing is simple, straightforward and full of good humor. I am a nurse. Over and over I think: " What a great gift for someone who is sick."

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Summary: mulen
Review: What a wonderful adventure story; to think a couple would travel from Floriga to North Carolina in a mule drawn buggy in this day. We loved it.

Jerold Hilton History Professor Emeritus Western Montana College