They’re as thin as Twiggy. And as tall as Wilt Chamberlain.
And it’s incredible to think that someone would drive them up and down the Trail Creek Road, which boasted a 12 percent grade in the heyday of the Big Hitch ore wagons.
Even driving them around the corner at Ketchum’s Main Street and Sun Valley Road can be a formidable task.
Eye on Sun Valley’s Karen Bossick takes you behind the scenes as muleskinner Bobby Tanner, who drives the 20-mule Box team of “Death Valley Days” fame, readies his mules for this year’s Wagon Days Parade.