All the Posts Since the Beginning of Time
I have posted over 400 blog posts on RiverEarth.com since starting it in 2004. Scroll through the posts below to see what catches your fancy, from rambling with two mules from North Carolina (search April – October 2019) to riding across America on a mule named Woody (2004). Enjoy the scroll!
2023
- September 25 - Long Distance Barefoot Travel on The Humble Hoof Podcast
- September 1 - The Hoof Boot Review: 3 Hoof Boots, 32 Days on the Trail
- June 18 - Dreaming of Wild Bees in Trees
- February 19 - Listen to the Creston Dinosaur on Atlas Obscura
- November 11 - “Trash to Triumph” Book One Step Closer to Publishing
- November 10 - How to Catch a Snake in Your House
- November 10 - What is the Long Riders’ Guild
- November 9 - Mule Rider
- November 7 - Are you Too Old to Go?
- November 4 - Knocking on Doors
- April 29 - The Best Day of Your Life
- March 21 - How Hoof Boots Work in the Snow
- February 14 - Letter From the Saddle Bag
- February 12 - Photo of the Day: Skunk Attack in the Cabin
- February 11 - Is a Mare Mule or Horse Mule Better?
- January 29 - Sailing Back to Horses
- January 16 - Snow on the Pillows
- January 15 - “Trash to Triumph” Book Update
- January 9 - On Becoming Harriet Bighorn
- January 3 - Pony Sunday: How to Exercise Three Mules at Once
- December 31 - Happy New Year 2022
- November 1 - When Land Burns and Rivers Run Dry: A Rafter’s Story
- October 23 - Total Vehicular Destruction in Two Acts
- October 21 - Me Hue Man: New Name, New Tattoo
- October 19 - BioLite Stove Review: Now We’re Cooking With Wood
- October 18 - From Starved to Star
- October 13 - Little Red Vardo Gypsy Wagon Road Trip
- October 10 - Why You Need a Hay Moisture Meter
- September 24 - Snake Bites Mule
- August 24 - Casper the Super-friendly Cat up for Adoption
- August 12 - Obituary for an Imperfect Dog
- August 9 - Snookie: 2008 – 2021
- August 8 - Robbins Farmers Day: Wagons, Faces and Feet
- July 26 - How do you Pony Your Pony?
- May 27 - Full Mule Moon
- May 16 - Hill Top Sunday Morning
- May 2 - Springing Toward Summer
- April 30 - Weekend Plans
- April 29 - Sign up for the Newsletter
- March 28 - Wall Tent Mule Ramble Weekend
- March 18 - Weekend Wishes
- February 2 - Buck and Smile
- February 2 - Found: Great Pair of Legs at Food Lion
- February 2 - Queen Valley Mule Ranch Saddle Review
- January 28 - Blondes
- January 24 - Our Place in the Universe
- January 18 - Mule Wrestling
- January 7 - Slushy Sunday Shadow
- January 6 - I am Heart Broken
- January 2 - Within a Sneeze of Getting Wiped Out
- January 1 - New Year Snail Mask Debacle
- December 31 - Have a Good Last Day of 2020
- December 27 - Pie in the Cart
- December 24 - Christmas Greetings
- December 17 - Brother Sister Dory Story
- December 15 - Waiting for the Tumbleweed Connection
- October 11 - Pickle Raft Crushed, Rebuilt and Refloated
- September 29 - Froggie Friday
- August 21 - Download Your Copy of “19 Million Mule Steps”
- August 8 - Sunflower Sunday Morning
- July 20 - The Garlic Journal
- June 29 - Wren Silhoutte
- June 15 - The Sound of Locust Splitting
- May 31 - Pineapples or Pine Apples?
- May 29 - Three Little Birds
- May 26 - Locust Fence Part I
- May 8 - Writing New Book
- January 1 - All the Best in 2020
- December 13 - Hawk Hucks, Woman Watches Movie
- December 9 - Paul Compton: 1926 – 2019
- December 7 - Tractor Tire Mule Haul
- December 1 - Dixie Faces
- November 30 - Dixie Dogs
- November 29 - Dixie Dogs and Faces
- November 25 - I’m Writing You
- November 22 - The Best Hoof Boot: 3 Hoof Boots, 32 Days on the Trail
- November 18 - November Herd
- November 15 - Two Year Old Potatoes
- November 10 - No Gun
- November 8 - Welcome Home
- November 5 - No Fuse Blow Day: Day 3
- November 5 - The 1992 Dodge Diesel Diaries: Day 2
- November 3 - Driving Home: End Day 1
- November 3 - The Long Journey Home
- October 20 - Hailey, Idaho: Final Destination in the Snow
- October 18 - Let’s Keep in Touch
- October 17 - Top Hat Mystery Solved
- October 15 - Arco, Idaho: Down to the Final 75 Miles
- October 13 - The Top Hat Mystery
- October 12 - The Final 130 Miles
- October 11 - Sought: Ride Home for Two Mules
- October 10 - Winding Down the Mules West Ramble
- October 10 - Days Don’t Fade in Idaho
- October 7 - Welcome to Idaho (Rhymes with Snow)
- October 5 - Cowboy Dave’s Spurs
- October 3 - Pickle Jug Water Container
- September 29 - Rocky Mountain Mule Saddle Frost
- September 28 - Seeking Mystery Dog Food Donor
- September 27 - Alpine, Wyoming Arrival
- September 27 - Log of Days, Names and Miles
- September 25 - Please Help
- September 22 - Sage Land Behind Us, Mountains Ahead
- September 21 - Rescue Me
- September 20 - About Brick
- September 18 - About Cracker
- September 16 - After 20 Million Steps: First Sight of the Rocky Mountains
- September 12 - Cracker Recovery
- September 11 - Rainy Day Hole up at the Monk King Bird Pottery
- September 8 - Camper Fantasy Musings
- September 6 - To Bivy Bag or Not to Bivy Bag
- September 5 - Casper, Wyoming Arrival – and Departure
- September 4 - Foggy Desert Start
- September 1 - Sunday Wind Mill Shadow
- August 30 - The Beet Piler
- August 28 - Night at the White Wolf Saloon
- August 27 - What Do You Want to Know?
- August 26 - Blow Your Whistle at my Mules
- August 24 - Wyoming Welcome
- August 23 - Drying Out
- August 21 - Salt
- August 20 - Email From the Sand Hills
- August 19 - Mystery Equipment ID Thanks
- August 18 - Big Dipper Tent Goodnight
- August 18 - Fort Robinson, Nebraska, Arrival
- August 15 - Bridge and Another Man’s Horse
- August 13 - Ranch Rodeo Saturday Night
- August 11 - Trouble in a Leather Sack
- August 10 - How to Water a Mule in the Desert
- August 10 - Serendipity Lodging
- August 9 - She Tracked me Down
- August 7 - Sober and Seeking Mule
- August 6 - Shovel and Top Hat
- August 5 - Hyannis at Last
- August 4 - Anselmo Early Morning Start
- August 3 - The Rub: Shoulda Taken a Day Off
- August 2 - Greetings from Mountain Time
- August 1 - Junk Heap Mule Browse and the Fair Ground
- August 1 - Aerial Burial
- July 30 - Pig Walking with Landri
- July 29 - Anselmo: The End of Farming
- July 28 - Broken Bow 4-H
- July 28 - Sunday Sleep Medicine
- July 27 - Mason City, Nebraska
- July 27 - Wake me to Say Good Bye
- July 26 - Bison Dawn
- July 25 - Victory in a Can
- July 23 - Miles or Steps? Measure of a Journey.
- July 21 - Crop Duster Dusting
- July 19 - Hoof Boot Friday
- July 18 - Resting in Central City
- July 18 - Mule Lodging Log
- July 17 - Hordville Hello
- July 17 - Road Kill Fish
- July 14 - Sunday Shadow
- July 13 - Safari Park Day Off
- July 8 - Turtle Crossing
- July 7 - Joe’s Joke
- July 4 - Stanberry, MO Independence Day
- July 3 - Stanberry, MO and a Bridge Detour
- July 3 - 105 Amazon Review Thanks
- July 2 - Driveway Visit
- June 28 - Trenton, MO Greetings
- June 27 - Dancing (Sorta) With Mules
- June 25 - Playing the Harmonica to Stay Awake
- June 21 - The Stay Put Mule Rain Blues
- June 21 - Grain Bin Drowning Danger
- June 19 - Shoulda Called a Rain Date
- June 19 - Bridge Across the Illinois River
- June 16 - Mule Ramble Week 9 in Photos
- June 14 - How I Met Young Captain America
- June 12 - Welcome to RiverEarth.com
- June 10 - The Final Miles Across Illinois
- June 9 - She Wants to Catch a Turtle
- June 6 - Cruisin' the Fireball Freeway
- June 3 - Mule Chow Gift
- May 31 - Welcome to the Land of Lincoln
- May 29 - Mule Fuel
- May 29 - What to do About Tornadoes
- May 27 - On a Map Versus On a Mule
- May 26 - Mule Dawn
- May 25 - Button Lathe and Cooling Casket
- May 23 - Mule Bridge Police Escort Video
- May 21 - Dead Animals of Kentucky
- May 19 - Week 6: Indiana Mule River LIfe
- May 17 - Indiana Greetings
- May 13 - Road Kill Tiger Tails
- May 11 - Sought: Mule Rambler Lodging
- May 11 - The Road to Speck
- May 8 - 7 Sleeps
- May 7 - The Colorist
- May 6 - I Hope Their Legs Keep Working
- May 4 - Keep Out Bang Bang
- May 3 - Where is Home?
- May 1 - Hay Field Breakfast
- May 1 - Spring in Lily, Kentucky
- April 29 - Crackers Ponders the Week Ahead
- April 28 - Tennessee Morning Dew
- April 27 - Mule Runaway
- April 26 - Butterflies
- April 24 - Sleeping Under Tractor Trailers
- April 23 - Tennessee Easter Sunday Lodgings
- April 22 - Isuzu Mule Anchor
- April 21 - A Top Hat Full of Easter Eggs
- April 20 - Pink Purse by the Road
- April 18 - Johnny the Chicken Slat Man
- April 16 - Through the Ice
- April 15 - Monday Mule Commuting Blues
- April 10 - Top Hat Tennessee
- April 9 - Richard Gragg Laurel Digger
- April 9 - Girl in a Green Dress
- April 8 - Riding the Tater Tunnel Trail
- April 5 - The Night Before Riding Away on my Mules
- February 22 - Join Julia and Me as we get Hitched!
- January 25 - Two Rings
- January 16 - Living Lean and Feeling Bionic
- January 15 - Are You Dan from Madison?
- January 11 - Mule Polly and I go to the Dentist
- December 10 - Ursula Daniel Obituary (1935 – 2018)
- November 15 - 2018 EQUUS Film Festival Schedule
- October 7 - The Mule Ramble Begins
- September 30 - Ya Need a Needle
- September 27 - Let the Photos Speak
- September 26 - Tent Goodnight
- September 26 - Sought: Lodging for 3 Mules
- September 26 - Mule Ramble Morning Exercise
- September 25 - About the First 100 Miles
- September 20 - Chris: Worm Wrangler
- September 19 - The Mule Ramble so Far
- September 19 - The Singing ex-Monk Dave Demour
- September 18 - Looking for Eustace
- September 18 - Slow Morons in Road
- September 13 - Mule Ramble Camps
- September 13 - Shelter from the Storm
- September 11 - Dave Demour: ex-monk, Stone Layer, Singer Songwriter
- September 10 - Riding the Wave
- September 10 - Bottle Cabin
- September 9 - What's a Mule to Drink
- September 9 - Slowing Down for Apples
- September 8 - Todd Greetings
- September 2 - Happy Valley Fiddlers Convention…by Mule
- August 20 - Cavallo Hoof Boot Review: First Impression
- August 8 - Booting Up
- August 8 - Carpe Cool
- August 8 - Dealing with Chafe
- August 5 - Teaching Brick to Leg Picket
- August 1 - Catching Brick
- July 29 - Ride Out the Front Gate
- April 24 - Three Lanterns
- March 21 - The Lost Sea Expedition
- March 1 - Too Proud to Ride a Cow
- February 22 - Woody and Maggie Walk Across America
- January 22 - 65 Days at Sea
- December 21 - Lost Sea Expedition Original
- December 20 - Radiator Christmas Greetings
- December 5 - Prime Time Premiere Scheduled
- September 26 - Home in Carolina
- June 10 - Summer Ramble
- May 15 - Pickle Barrel Raft
- April 10 - Preppin' for Leatherwood
- April 10 - Preppin
- September 5 - Putting to Sea
- March 30 - Surviving the Southern Ocean Rock
- January 4 - Coming soon: the Lost Sea Expedition TV series
- January 2 - Falkland Shearing
- November 28 - Where in the World is South Georgia
- June 17 - Hoofing and sharing it.
- January 6 - The Drover's Slides
- July 27 - Finally a Mailbox
- June 18 - Tourism Newfoundland Clip
- May 3 - Woody and Maggie (198/9? – 2014)
- March 6 - Art Harberts 1926 to 2014
- December 2 - Winter 2014 "Hoofing It" Programs
- October 3 - Watch "Mule Rider" on UNC-TV
- September 15 - The Mule at Your Window
- September 12 - UNC-TV and Our State "Mule Rider" Program
- August 24 - Ronald's Borrowed Vomit Saddle Bags
- August 17 - It's Not's What's Over the Door
- August 6 - Pack Saddle Temptation
- July 30 - How to Stow Away on a Sailboat
- July 9 - Seek Work
- June 28 - Adrift Between Missions
- June 28 - Whiskey Bottle Cake
- April 30 - Upcoming Hoofing It programs
- March 29 - The Last Thing I Hear In My Wagon World
- February 19 - Too Proud To Ride A Cow Original
- January 26 - Donkey Icicles
- January 12 - Newfoundland Library Program
- December 22 - Party in the Batch
- October 6 - End of Voyage Accident
- September 29 - The Newfoundland Mission
- August 10 - Of Kids and Mule
- August 1 - Where Polly Sleeps at Night
- August 1 - Never Lie to Your Mule
- July 18 - The Little Beach Boats of Newfoundland
- June 20 - Heading Up the Road
- June 17 - Ice Bergs and Blankets
- June 13 - Walter King Ponders the Mule Wagon
- June 12 - The Importance of Going Offline
- June 12 - Newfoundland Bound
- June 12 - A Time and a Place
- June 5 - The First 800 Miles
- June 1 - Holy Hornets Nest It's Journey Time
- April 10 - Ground Goobers and the Egg Man
- April 6 - Crippled Camera Photos
- April 2 - End of the Wagon Day
- March 26 - Wagon Construction Week 5
- March 12 - April 12, 2012 Author Program
- March 12 - Wagon Construction Week 3
- February 27 - Second Week of Wagon Building
- January 2 - Dangerous New Year 2012
- January 2 - The Start of Dangerous Planning
- December 1 - Where in the Lost Sea is Bernie these days?
- October 20 - Stone Soup Travel
- October 11 - Traveling at the Speed of Rice
- September 15 - "Hoofing It" Programs
- May 17 - June 4 2011 "Tasmania" Program
- May 4 - Tasmania by the Numbers
- April 27 - Cast Away on a Whaleboat
- April 16 - Hittin' the Road a Final Time
- April 12 - If You Caught 'em Smoke 'em
- April 8 - Five Photos for 5 Days
- April 4 - Shonky Freewheel Repair
- March 30 - Driving the Fatman
- March 26 - Listen to the Fatman Basics
- March 22 - Welcome to Paradise
- March 20 - The Rest of the Story – from Strahan
- March 15 - Hauling Apples
- March 12 - Sounds Like the Roaring Forties
- March 9 - Toasting the Roaring Forties With a Fly
- March 6 - Welcome to the Roaring Forties
- March 4 - Ripe Peach Bike Transport
- March 2 - That Old Buggered Hat
- February 22 - Heading Back to the Tassie Mainland
- February 18 - Greetings From the Five Dollar Shack
- February 15 - Still Rambling on Flinders Island
- February 11 - Ian Summers Plays the Twelve String Guitar
- February 8 - Postcard From Flinders Island, Tasmania
- February 7 - Ian Summers Plays Tasmanian Bluegrass
- February 5 - Another Sea Ramble
- February 4 - Thanks for Keeping me on the Road
- January 29 - Tasmanian Road Tar Art
- January 25 - Ian Summers Explains Leeches Interview
- January 21 - Trapped by Tasmanian Leeches
- January 20 - Leech Week Part One
- January 12 - Still Ramblin'
- January 8 - Gone Ramblin'
- January 3 - Shy Albatross
- December 30 - New Year Fossil WIsh
- December 27 - Remains of the Bait
- December 24 - Message on a Tin Can
- December 22 - Sounds Like a Tasmanian Crayfish
- December 21 - Maps are coming
- December 17 - Tasmanian Crayfish
- December 13 - Going to Sea
- December 11 - Meet the Ashlands
- December 5 - The Exploded Life of Tiny Orchids (Part 2)
- December 2 - The Exploded Life of Tiny Orchids (Part 1)
- November 29 - Razor the Amazer
- November 25 - Stan West Plays a Tune From Tasmania
- November 22 - Postcard from Southport Tasmania
- November 22 - Seth and the Crayfish
- November 21 - Woody and Maggie Walk Across America Original
- November 21 - Postcards From Tasmania
- November 21 - 65 Days At Sea DVD Original
- November 18 - Tip Shop Bike
- November 16 - 1953 Daimler Conquest
- November 12 - Sea Garden to Vegetable Garden
- November 10 - Sailor Seeks
- November 8 - Ludo and Chico
- November 6 - Fishing Vessel Chaparral
- November 2 - Greetings from Tasmania
- October 29 - You Can't Take it With You
- October 28 - Sought: Animal Transport
- October 27 - Bernie's Guest Book
- October 22 - Getting Mail Like You Used To
- October 20 - Heading for Tasmania
- October 20 - Where in the World is Tasmania?
- October 5 - What you really need
- August 31 - What's up at RiverEarth.com
- December 26 - Free cards from Bernie and RiverEarth.com
- September 28 - The Completed Lost Sea Expedition Route
- August 27 - The Final Lost Sea Breakfast
- August 24 - Bernie and His Mounts Present "Hoofing It"
- April 27 - Meet the Mule that Walked Across America
- March 16 - The Bull 'n Lime story with Trent Loos
- March 3 - Guadeloupe Thoughts
- February 23 - The Hands That Feed America
- February 17 - Journey Down a Mule's Throat
- February 17 - Journey's End – and an Offer
- February 16 - Crow Fires
- February 11 - New Mexico Position Report
- February 6 - Modern Lost Sea Fossils
- January 30 - Roger Haldenby Talks Lost Sea Cotton
- January 23 - The Lost Sea According to the Bible and Joe Taylor
- January 20 - Where in the Lost Sea has Mule Mule Polly Been?
- January 15 - Wrappin’ up like Shi Hurst
- January 14 - 2009 Program Series
- December 20 - Christmas Carribean
- December 6 - The Lone Star view from 500 feet
- November 29 - Sounds like a well
- November 19 - Message in a Tumbleweed
- November 17 - Not the Kansas you had in mind
- November 12 - On becoming the Cat Lady
- November 12 - Lost Sea wagon tour.
- November 11 - Alone on the Range
- November 4 - Welcome to Colorful Colorado!
- November 4 - Nicodemus Part 2: Name without prejudice
- November 3 - Nicodemus Part 1: Into the Land of Smoking Holes
- October 30 - Coyote Mummy Halloween
- October 28 - DG Martin Interview
- October 12 - Listen to Your Rattle Snake Dinner
- October 7 - Fossil Posts and Lawyers
- September 29 - Reptile Roadblocks
- September 22 - Tales from a Soddie
- September 19 - Grasshopper
- September 8 - Bean Can Boot Repair
- September 8 - Get a Book Straight off the Mule Wagon
- August 28 - Where on the Map is Hazard, Nebraska?
- August 27 - Mule Traveler's Meal
- August 27 - Come Picnic with Mule Polly and Bernie
- August 18 - Listen to Mule Polly Rake Hay with Trent Loos
- August 4 - Ralph Porch Plays the Momma Cow
- July 27 - Double Headed
- July 21 - Dakota in Black and White
- July 14 - Signs of the Lost Sea
- July 10 - Not Your Pet Store Turtle
- June 30 - Hiding Under Cow Cake
- June 21 - Smoking Elf
- June 20 - Listen to That Bluegrass I'm Missin'
- June 16 - Now You Know the Mule I Know
- June 13 - Into the Badlands
- June 3 - The Sound of Tree Wind
- May 25 - The Prairie is Not Forgiving
- May 25 - Hair Care for a 21 Square Foot Home
- May 24 - Draft Hair Care
- May 20 - First Dino Sighting
- May 16 - Heading to South Dakota
- May 9 - "65 Days Alone" DVD Released!
- May 4 - RiverEarth Site Upgrades
- May 4 - Upgraded RiverEarth Site
- May 1 - Shark Tooth Ventilation
- May 1 - Corn Cob Man
- May 1 - Bernie's Appearances
- April 16 - The 2008 Lost Sea Wagon Route
- February 26 - Sounds like Bluegrass
- February 19 - Listen to A Warning From Polly's Last Owner
- February 13 - How Much Can a Horse or Mule Pull?
- January 24 - The Sound of Tree Wind1
- November 14 - A Copy of "Too Proud" Straight off the Mule Wagon
- November 11 - "65 Days at Sea" DVD Preview, Review and Upgrade
- October 29 - How to Keep a Mule Shod – or Not
- October 20 - Wagon Tire Repair ala Charlie Daniels
- September 10 - Black Hills September Snow
- September 10 - Fossil Skulls: From River Bed to Baby Bed
- August 26 - Self Portrait Tips For Mule Travelers
- August 13 - Mule Treat or Fossilized Baculite?
- August 7 - Hiding My Purple Bouquet From 500,000 Bikers
- July 23 - Dig a Dino Bone with Paleo Pete Larson
- July 1 - Life and Faces in Ekalaka, Montana
- June 26 - Hand Pumping Water with Clifford Hanley
- June 18 - Finding the Beach in Beach, North Dakota
- June 16 - Wagon Life at Six Miles per Day
- June 15 - Mapping 1000 Hours of Mule Travel
- April 23 - Hauling Mule and Wagon to Canada
- April 19 - How to Pay for a Mule Wagon Journey
- April 11 - Pedal Billionaire Reverend Hans
- February 17 - To the Post Office by Mule
- August 18 - Sail Around the World in an Eight-footer?
- August 14 - Preview Woody and Maggie Children’s Book
- July 15 - How Big is Your Escape Pod?
- June 11 - Where are the Mules on MuleCam?
- May 28 - Where's MuleCam?
- April 24 - Three Questions – Southern Pines, NC
- April 8 - Not Knots and Miles Anymore
- March 4 - Mule Hair Raku – Bayboro, NC
- February 27 - Off Down the Road – Southern Pines, NC
- February 25 - Let's Get This Thing on the Road! – Southern Pines, NC
- February 17 - The Stove – Southern Pines, NC
- February 12 - Building the Interior – Southern Pines, NC
- February 6 - Two Questions -Southern Pines, NC
- January 18 - Bolting it all Together – Southern Pines, NC
- January 17 - Recapturing the Mule Nation – Southern Pines, NC
- January 13 - Gone! – Southern Pines, NC
- December 25 - Busted Wagon Hoops and Then Success- Southern Pines, NC
- December 22 - Merry Christmas from RiverEarth – Southern Pines, NC
- December 10 - Steer Steering – Happy Valley, NC
- December 3 - Blasting and Macho Green – Southern Pines, NC
- November 30 - Framed up and Street Legal – Southern Pines, NC
- November 23 - The First Sparks – Southern Pines, NC
- November 16 - Help! – Southern Pines, NC
- November 8 - Signs of Rot – Southern Pines, NC
- November 3 - Finally a Mule Team – East Bend, NC
- November 1 - Finally a wagon (well, sort of…) – Virgilina, VA
- October 22 - The Next Buck-a-Pound Trip – Southern Pines, NC
- April 2 - Salvation Mountain – Slab City, CA
- March 31 - Along the American Sahara – Cactus, CA
- March 3 - Mulespeed – Arizona
- March 3 - John Henry – Chiricahua Mountains, AZ
- March 1 - Butterfield Stage – Mobile, AZ
- February 26 - The New Mexican Nut Job – New Mexico
- February 25 - Welcome to the Grand Canyon State – Apache, AZ
- February 24 - Finding my Way – Animas, NM
- March 23 - Mule Woody Hits Mile Five
- March 19 - Touchy Flanks