A day for recanting

What do Einstein, Jesus, Halley’s comet, spacebombs and Mark Spitz have in common? And just what does this have to do with tight living quarters aboard a mule wagon? Click here, for the story….

Walking the Dino
South of Midland, SD

Arggggg!!! Polly and I are trailering from North Carolina to Hill City, South Dakota to resume the Lost Sea Expedition. Today, seen strolling outside Midland, South Dakota, are the first signs of prehistoric life.

Dakota Bound
Southern Pines, NC

Harness oiled, wagon loaded, mule caught.
Check.
Check.
Check.
Tomorrow mule Polly and I depart for South Dakota. Let the voyage to Mexico continue!

Welcome to the new RiverEarth.com site!

A big week here at RiverEarth.com headquarters. While heavy snows pinned down the Great Plains, we updated the RiverEarth.com with some pretty cool tools.

Last week I reported that mule Polly and I were about to hit the road for South Dakota. Once there, I was going to hitch her to my wagon and spend the rest of 2008 heading to Mexico at the speed of mule.

Well, that was the plan.

This morning I got a message from my buddy Tim who lives in Hill City, South Dakota. “Thursday it’s gonna snow butt-deep to a tall Indian” it began. It ended, “by Friday… Continue reading →

Deep in my dulcimer case, tucked between the finger pick and the corn cob pipe, is a fossilized shark’s tooth. Here’s why that matters… Deep in my dulcimer case, tucked between the finger pick and the corn cob pipe, is a fossilized shark’s tooth. Here’s why that matters…Deep in my dulcimer case, tucked between the finger pick and the corn cob pipe, is a fossilized shark’s tooth. Here’s why that matters…Deep in my dulcimer case, tucked between the finger pick… Continue reading →

Polly is hungry

Polly’s getting sick of eating last year’s North Carolina hay. She wants to get back to that South Dakota alfalfa.

We need to leave. When we do here’s how we’re going.

James Ford
Hamlet, NC

Mule Polly and I head back to South Dakota in April to begin Leg II of the Lost Sea Expedition, our Canada to Mexico voyage by mule wagon. As our final shakedown trip, will set things right.

Tash has something to tell you

When I bought mule Polly from Tash, he told me there was one thing I should know about her.
Click here to listen to Tash’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…