A Man. A Mule. America.
Has a month passed already? Incredible. That means it’s time to fire up the Cummins diesel and hit the road. Mule Polly and I will be heading from Colorado back toward North Carolina over the Independence Day weekend. Huge thanks to everyone that spent time with mule Polly and me in Colorado! Thanks especially to Liz of Windy Creek Ranch for putting Polly and me up this week.
How do you ride a horse across America… or Mongolia or South America? First thing you do is contact the Long Riders’ Guild. I did just that a few years ago when I set off to ride my mule Woody from Atlantic to Pacific ocean. Thanks in large part to the Guild, that 13 month journey was a success.
This week, the Long Riders’ Guild published a review of the Lost Sea Expedition TV series. When you’re done reading that, be sure to check out the in-depth Q&A session here. Thanks Cuchullaine and Basha for taking the time to explain the importance of the Lost Sea Expedition. I urge anyone interested in equine travel to visit LongRidersGuild.com. Now peel yourself away from the screen and go saddle up for your own Long Ride!
Life on the road with a mule get lonely. That’s why it means so much when folks pitch in to our quest. Right now we’re raising funds to pay for closed captioning for our Lost Sea Expedition Public TV series. Here’s a video “thanks and howdy” from the road. Thanks Hatdie and Tom for pitching in last night! You can check out everyone else who’s pulling with mule Polly and me right here.
Or hey, hit that Donate button and become part of the Lost Sea Expedition series.
You’ll get thanked on the LostSeaExpedition.com site and you might even get a mention in a video with mule Polly!
Thanks.
Bernie
Big thanks to Rob and Lori Graves of noosa yogurt and Morning Fresh Dairy for putting up mule Polly and me for the weekend. Mule Polly toured the pasture dining on dandelions. I toured the yogurt factory and dairy. Tasty business! Today (Monday, June 26) mule Polly and I head to Boulder, CO.
More about the Graves’ thriving dairy businesses (they still home deliver milk in glass bottles) at noosa yogurt and Morning Fresh Dairy.
Live in Boulder, Colorado? Want to meet mule Polly? We’re heading your way. And we’re looking for a place to stay. Be brave. Watch the video.
Life in a 21-square foot mule wagon means you scrunch everything down ’til it fits. The only thing you can’t compress is time. I’ve gotten around that. Continue reading “Tiny Wagon Calendar”
Is there a link between RV size and happiness? Hell I think so. Small and groovy wins the day in my book. Have a great weekend whatever size RV (or house or car) you’re in. Now if I could just hook that boat in the picture to my wagon. I’d be even happier. Wait, but then I’d have a bigger rig. The rules for happiness are so complicated…
Mule Polly and I are taking weekend breather. Our two week stint in Ft Collins, CO, is drawing to a close. Next week, we head for Boulder. We plan to spend two weeks there visiting with underwriters interested in underwriting the Lost Sea Expedition on Rocky Mountain PBS. Big shout out to everyone in Ft Collins (and farther afield) that made a gift to the Lost Sea Expedition series! Have a great weekend.
Imagine two mule Polly’s staring at me today. Okay, one of them was coming from the cover of the Coloradoan Newspaper. Yep, mule Polly made the front page of the June 22, 2017 Coloradoan. Her picture beat out a shooting victim and a floating body. Thanks Kevin Duggan and Austin Humphreys for the great article, video and photos. You can read the story right here at the Coloradoan.
Big shout out to Ron and Kathy Treiber of Ft Collins. Ron and Kathy put up mule Polly and I during our visit to town. They own Cache La Poudre Feeds and make the Profile brand of feeds. They custom blend all their feeds and even gave mule Polly a bag of their Profile Senior. Mule Polly ate that feed with even more relish than she munched on those palms at the Bohemian Foundation. That’s saying something. Thanks Ron, Kathy and Sherry!