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Young Pioneers

Two young visitors get a feel for the wagon life.
Wagon Ho! Two young visitors get a hands-on tour of the Lost Sea Expedition wagon. They’re sitting on the old cooler I use as my seat when driving mule Polly. (Ft Collins, CO)

Mule Polly and I are wrapping up our visit to the Fort Collins area.  We’ve been uptown a few times visiting with folks and even squeezed in a brewery tour. It’s been a blast! We plan to head in one final time today (Thursday, June 22). If you run across us, flag us down for a gam! I’d be happy to give you a tour of my tiny wagon world.

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Meet Mule Polly: Today (June 20) Uptown Ft Collins

Polly with Oakley and Tuesday
Mule Polly likes company. Here she’s hanging with Tuesday and Oakley during an earlier jaunt in to Ft Collins. Thanks for the carrot guys. Probably the first purple one Polly has ever eaten!

Want to meet mule Polly? Uptown Fort Collins. Today (Tue) June 20. Noon. Yep Polly and I have a lunch engagement at New Belgium Brewing. Look for the yellow wagon. Hang with us. Polly says bring a carrot or some lettuce leaves or a slice of bread or a 50 lb bag of Profile Senior feed…. I’d settle for a Fat Tire.

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Motorcycle Parking Only

Mule tied to post.
Mule Polly – Lawbreaker: Polly tied up outside the Bohemian Foundation. Polly and I visited the Bohemian Foundation with our wagon last week.

Mule Polly  and I are visiting Ft Collins this week. Ft Collins is a really mule friendly town with plenty of hitching posts….if you consider a “Motorcycle Parking Only” okay to tie off too. Here, a photo of mule Polly and my visit to the Bohemian Foundation.  You can read how that went right here. If you see us in town this week, flag us down for a gam!

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Peaceful Colorado Sunday

Mule Polly rests outside the wagon.
Sunday scene. Ron and Kathy Treiber of  Fort Collins have been hosting mule Polly and me these past days. And inviting me to super, and doing my wash and letting me shower.   They own Cache La Poudre Feeds . Polly really likes their Senior Profile feed. Thanks Ron and Kathy.

Peaceful Colorado Sunday morning. I’ve hung up the harness for the day. Polly’s resting (background). Monday we’ll be hard at it again raising funds to bring the Lost Sea Expedition series to Rocky Mountain PBS. Any help is appreciated. Thanks for keeping up with our current trip. Enjoy the day. Bernie

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Mule Polly visits Rocky Mountain PBS headquarters

It reminded me of George Clinton’s P Funk Mothership.  This week mule Polly and I visited the Rocky Mountain PBS headquarters in Denver, Colorado.   Producer Julie Speer invited me to bring Polly right in the studio back door (that’s the funky Mothership connection) Thanks for the studio tour Julie. It was a blast visiting with you guys even if it was a looooong way from the open plains and vistas covered in the Lost Sea Expedition series!

Rocky Mountain PBS logo.
The 4-part “Lost Sea Expedition” will premier on Rocky Mountain PBS later this year.
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Pat’s Palm

Mule Pollh visits the Bohemian Foundaton in Ft Collins, CO.
The Bohemian Foundation’s headquarters in Fort Collins, CO. Polly and I visited the Foundation to meet founder Pat Stryker. Look really closely and you can spot three things that appear later in this story: an admirer, a “Motorcycle Parking Only” sign and….a palm tree.

Ah the perils of fundraising with a mule…. Continue reading “Pat’s Palm”

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Mule Walking Tour of Fort Collins, CO

Mule Polly at radar.
5 miles per hour in a 30 zone: It’s not that we’re slow, it’s that everyone is going too fast. How mule Polly and I justify going 25 miles per less than the posted speed limit heading in to Fort Collins, CO.

Today mule Polly visited downtown Fort Collins, CO. We’re in town raising funds to get the Lost Sea Expedition series  aired on Rocky Mountain PBS. First off, a huge thank you to Kate Mabie, Nancy Lee, Sandy Walker and Dennis Vanderheiden for their donations.  Those gifts will go toward having the series closed-captioned ($2,500) as per Public Broadcast requirements. Now let’s look at some pictures from today! Continue reading “Mule Walking Tour of Fort Collins, CO”