Glenn Ryan gets a nudge from Patti a 14 year-old mule used in the Rocky Mountain Regional Specialty Packstring. The mules are being used in the Kilpacker Basin but were rained out Tuesday so they took a break at the Dolores Public Lands Office. Patti is the whip mule because she is the most athletic and gets whipped around at the end of the mule train.

Glenn Ryan scratches Patti a 14 year-old mule used in the Rocky Mountain Regional Specialty Packstring. The mules are being used in the Kilpacker Basin but were rained out Tuesday so they took a break at the Dolores Public Lands Office. Patti is the whip mule because she is the most athletic and gets whipped around at the end of the mule train.