Unemployed Man Travels 1500 Miles On His Mule In Search Of A Job

GILLETTE,USA - After losing his driver's license 10 years ago because of involvement in a hit and run, an unemployed man from Boy River,USA,had no choice but to travel some 1500 miles on his mule in search of a job.

Rod Maday claims to have traveled 45 days in the summer heat from his home town of Boy River, Minnesota to Gillette, Wyoming on his 4-year-old mule. Maday was having a hard time finding work in Minnesota. He heard that Wyoming had plenty of jobs that paid well.

Maday set out with two mules. About a month ago, both mules got loose and one was hit by a car. It had to be euthanized.

Maday arrived at the Department of Workforce Services in Gillette, Wyoming,on Friday,August 17,2007.,ending a six weeks odyssey. He was attired in a torn shirt, dusty blue jeans, spurs and a cowboy hat.

"I've done about 1,500 miles and I've got the saddle sores to prove it," Maday said.

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He said he averaged 30 miles a day, but the most he ever traveled in one day was 70 miles.

Maday said he had a bad first impression of Gillette because some teenagers yelled “uncalled for” things at him when he arrived Thursday night.

“After last night, Gillette’s nothing like what I had thought,” Maday said.

Maday spent the night at the Council of Community Services Waystation, and his mule was looked after by Staci Conner, manager of 2 Brothers Communications.

Maday said he will go look for a ranch job or an outfitting job in the mountains.

“I could probably get a job and stay here, but I’m not willing to part with my mule,” Maday said. “He’s my best friend and I’m not getting rid of him for nothing.”

Maday left Gillette the next morning, riding west toward the Bighorn Mountains,AP reported.

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