by Jody Foss, with illustrations by Bonnie Shields. In 1976, Jody left Utah for Washington to see the West in the slow way. Traveling over 1,000 miles in 90 days, Jody got a good taste of life in the slow lane and liked it. With her sister Debbie and their friend. John Najar, they rode 15 to 20 miles per day for 3 months and lived out of a mules’s pack and her saddle bags.