Yearly Archives: 2008
UNC-TV to Feature "Too Proud to Ride a Cow" Book
“Too Proud to Ride a Cow”
By Mule Across America
UNC-TV will feature “Too Proud to Ride a Cow”, the account of Bernie’s last coast-to-coast mule voyage, on “North Carolina Bookwatch”. Click here to see when you can hear Bernie explain how, as an author, mule Woody wasn’t the only thing he had to tie down…
Double Headed
Collecter’s item
Double-headed calf #1
Ekalaka, MT
Out here on the Plains, lots of folks are sharing their collections with me. I’ve even started my own…
Dakota in Black and White
Jawbone
South of Rochford, SD
It’s okay for a mule traveler to take color photos. Still, some are better in black and white…
Continue readingSigns of the Lost Sea
There’s no sign marking where the Lost Sea starts and stops. There sure are a bunch out here though……
Continue readingNot Your Pet Store Turtle
If you’re thinking South Dakota critters, you’re thinking antelope, prairie dogs, buffalo, deer and mules, right? How about a 17-foot long ocean going turtle…?
Continue readingRodeo Legend Twila Merrill Explains: Ain't a Cowgirl That Can't be Throwed
Twila Merrill
Scenic, South Dakota
Feeling bold – like you can’t be unhorsed?
Don’t.
Rodeo legend Twila Merrill recently explained to mule Polly and me that that there ain’t a cowgirl that can’t be throwed…
Hiding Under Cow Cake
Patti Oleic
Imlay, SD
I recently hid the Lost Sea wagon under a steel bin that stores 22 tons of cow cake. Patti Oleic explains what kind of cake the cows eat out here in South Dakota Badlands….
Listen to Harvey McPherson’s Story About the Creston Dinosaur
Harvey and the dinosaur
Creston, SD
Mule Polly pulled the Lost Sea Expedition wagon around a corner and there stood a dinosaur. Click here to listen to Harvey’s McPherson’s explanation…
Smoking Elf
That might not just be shag in that bag.
Listen to That Bluegrass I'm Missin'
Parked on Hurley Butte
Outside Interior, South Dakota
Some call it the sweetest sound ever to slide down an ear canal. Others refer to it as “that damn chicken scratch music”. Have a listen to what I’m missing out here on the Plains…
