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  • The Grit #6: Trucker to Teamster and Three Anchors off Manteo

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    October 19, 2026
  • Angela Wood: Trucker to Teamster | Travel Grit Podcast

    Angela Wood: Trucker to Teamster | Travel Grit Podcast

    Trucker Angela Wood drove a covered wagon 4,500 miles coast to coast. A runaway in Asheville scalped her. Arkansas mud took a backhoe to escape. Then Starbuck, a rescue horse once starved to 250 pounds, carried her the last 175 miles into the Pacific.

    Her advice: “If you wait for perfect, you’re never gonna do it.”

    Click on the player to listen to Angela’s story.

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    October 18, 2026
  • Angela Wood: Covered Wagon Across America — Full Transcript

    Trucker Angela Wood drove a covered wagon 4,500 miles coast to coast. A runaway in Asheville scalped her. Arkansas mud took a backhoe to escape. Then Starbuck, a rescue horse once starved to 250 pounds, carried her the last 175 miles into the Pacific.

    Listen to Angela’s story.

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    March 18, 2026

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