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…

That might not just be shag in that bag.

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…

Larry Harvey with his mule “I Know”
North of Hill City, SD

Larry rolled his mule to a stop with a soft, “Whoa, I Know”. Click here to learn more about Larry and his mule I Know

Into “les mauvais terrers a traverser”
Outside Scenic, SD

The early french trappers called it “les mauvais terrers a traverser” which in mule-traveler speak translates into “bad land to travel across”. This week mule Polly and I entered the South Dakota Badlands….

Linda Kramer
South of Rochford, SD

Why would a priest save a bald spot?
Click here to listen to Linda Kramer’s story…

The last week of May
South of Rochford, SD

Memorial Day’s over. It’s supposed to be warm. But out here at 6000 feet in South Dakota, well, you’ve just gotta listen to it…

‘Ol Captain Peanut
Outside Rochford, SD

I woke up in the Black Hills this morning. They were white. ‘Ol Captain Peanut Lips warned me I shouldn’t put to sea…

Lone Ponderosa
South of Rochford, SD

“The prairie is not forgiving. Anything that is shallow – the easy optimism of the homesteaders… the trees whose roots don’t reach ground water – will dry up and blow away.”

Kathleen Norris, “Dakota”

Memorial Day 2008: A day for recanting
South of Rochford, SD

Happy Memorial Day! Polly and I have arrived in South Dakota this week to resume the Lost Sea Expedition. Now I’m tackling hair care in my new 21-square foot home.