Day 15: A Mule And Buggy

Day 15 of Putting It In Park is riding a mule-drawn buggy.

The wagon has two school bus seats and looks like it just rolled off a Mardi Gras parade route.

Our crew comes from Wilmer and Cyril Bryant is behind the reins.

Cyril says he and Baby have been riding so long, they are used to all the attention. "You get more waves in this than you do in a Cadillac! Watch the people! Look at em wave."

This old cowboy like to brag that his Baby can go 40 miles on a bale of hay!

At four miles an hour, we should make it in less than two.

The only problem is that we get pulled over by a Mobile Police officer on a motorcycle. He says that people have called and complained that we are blocking traffic.

I mention that I spoke with Mobile's city attorney and an Alabama State Trooper about riding a horse and they said I should be fine. The officer says he will have someone check the law and give us an escort.

Thursday's story is like a cross between Little House on the Prairie and an episode of Chips.

We pull off the last leg of our trip without a hitch.

After I'm off the horse, I learn what we did wrong. In the City of Mobile, you can ride a horse *but* you have to get a business license to include the buggy.

A Deputy Chief tells us that in his 31 years in law enforcement, he has never had to look up the city ordinances for horse and buggy riding -- that is until today.

Thanks to Cyril Bryant, Harry Newell, Mike and Casey Henderson, Matthew Carr and Tammy Jordan for making this story possible.