Lee the Horse Logger

Lee Crafton has traveled 7,000 miles in a covered wagon with a team of horses for the past three years, relying on the kindnesses of strangers and a few friends to keep him going. He spent Tuesday night, Nov. 3, 2009, in Priest River, Idaho, where reporter Mike Prager and photographer Christopher Anderson caught up with him the next day.

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Wed., Nov. 4, 2009

Lee Crafton heads his team of horses out onto Highway 2, pulling the two trailers he's using to travel across the country. He spent Tuesday night in Priest River, Idaho, and was back on the highway Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, headed to the Washington coast.

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A team of draft horses heads out of Priest River, Idaho, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, pulling the two trailers that Lee Crafton is using to travel across America.

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Lee Crafton cleans the hoof of and prepares to put a rubber boot on one of the horses pulling his two trailers across America on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. The rubber boots help protect the horses' hooves and give them traction: 4,500 pounds of horses are pulling 9,500 pounds of trailers.

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Kevin Brown, of Priest River, stops to watch Lee Crafton hitch up his horses Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Crafton spent Tuesday night in Priest River and was back on the highway Wednesday headed to the Washington coast.

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The three draft horses pulling Lee Crafton across America nuzzle one another before heading out of Priest River, Idaho, toward Spokane on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009.

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Lee Crafton's dog is his only companion in the trailer that he's using to travel across America. Crafton spent Tuesday night, Nov. 3, 2009, in Priest River, Idaho.

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Tack for Lee Crafton's horses and sacks of feed frame the trailers he's using to travel across America.

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"Max" casts a shadow across one of the two trailers that Lee Crafton is using to travel across America. Crafton and his team of four draft horses spent Tuesday night, Nov. 3, 2009, in Priest River, Idaho.

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Tack for his four horses and a traffic safety sign adorn the rear of the two trailers Lee Crafton is using to travel across America.

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Lee Crafton and his horse-drawn trailers amble down the shoulder of Highway 2 out of Priest River toward Spokane on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009.

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