Man riding mower from Alaska to Virginia

BEAVER MOUNTAIN, Utah, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- A self-described "pretty strange" man traveling on a riding lawnmower from Alaska to Virginia stopped for repairs in northeastern Utah.

Paul Woods, 44, came to Logan, Utah, Wednesday and said he's not sure how long it will take to complete the 4,500-mile trip to claim the house his late mother left him in her will. He told the Logan Herald Journal he's content to drive slowly.

Woods is traveling with his terrier mix named Yoda, and the battered mower pulls a shopping cart trailer with their supplies. The two sleep in a small tent and he stays warm with a propane heater, the newspaper said.

Woods said he plans to detour around Wyoming because he says the gas stations are too far apart and the mower's tank only holds a quarter of a gallon. Only three of the machine's five gears work, and Woods said he's now on his third engine.

"I've spent more time fixing it than driving it," he said.

Woods said a only few drivers have taken notice of him on the roadside.

"You've got to be pretty strange and pretty weird to be driving a tractor mower across the country," he said.