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Thursday November 15, 2018

News just in that the “Lost Sea Expedition” is scheduled to be the first movie to be screened at the 2018 EQUUS Film Festival in New York City. The movie about my mule Polly and my wagon voyage across America joins other movies ranging from gypsy wagon life and Marwari cavalry horses to the California vaquero. Festival bonus: this is the first time the “Lost Sea Expedition”, originally released as a series, will be shown as a feature length film.

Where: Wythe Hotel Cinema
N 11th St & Brewers Row & Wythe Avenue – Brooklyn, NY 11249
80 Wythe Avenue – Brooklyn, NY 11249

When:: November 29, 2018

Time:: 12pm

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Thursday October 18, 2018

What are your thoughts on hoof boots? On Julia’s and my recent mule ramble we rode from our farm in North Carolina to Virginia… and back. We were on the road a month. Instead of using steel shoes, our mules wore hoof boots. We used those suckers hard. We repaired them. We cussed them. We praised them. We photographed the bejesus out of them in all conditions: from muck and mud and highways to a hurricane’s approach. Then we wrote up a report. Here it is.

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Sunday October 7, 2018

We’re home! After riding our mules out our front gate August 31, tonight, October 7, we rode back in through that very same gate. A wonderful journey has come to and end. The good news is we’ve got a pack-mule’s worth of photos and stories to share. Thanks Missy for making our cookie and mule water dream come true in the last 5 miles of the voyage. Julia will be sharing her views on the voyage at her blog Saddle Under the Stars. And now, it’s time for a shower and a beard trim…

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Sunday September 30, 2018

A needle, a hat and a boot. How are they connected? If your boot blows out you take off your hat. How the hell does that work? Here’s what you need to know about mule ramble stitching.

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Friday September 28, 2018

The skies are clearing. The mules’ hooves are drying (they get sore when walking too long in wet hoof boots). We had a wonderful 4-day stay in Damscus with Mike and Cindy Johnson. Thanks for putting us up guys! Now it’s time to move on. From here, we plan to follow the Iron Mountain Trail to Grayson Highlands. Let the mule meander continue. Plenty more posts when we get another shot at wi-fi. If you’d like to get Julia’s take on this mule meander, be sure to visit her blog Saddle Under the Stars.

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Thursday September 27, 2018

Some days words capture our mule ramble best. Other days it’s photos. Today’s the later. Julia captures the mule ramble mood on her Saddle Under the Stars blog. Some beautiful scenery and mule interaction is just a click away.

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Wednesday September 26, 2018

Goodnight from our tent. It’s been a rainy day for mule travel. Julia and I are holed up waiting dryer weather. We’re here in Mike Johnson’s cow barn (Damascus, VA) cozy and dry, grateful for all the fine folks that have taken care of us during our mule ramble. Here are a few more pics of what it’s like inside our tent tonight. Enjoy. Sleep tight. Bernie ................