You Can't Take it With You
You know I don’t cotton much to fancy gear. Nothing wrong with it. It’s just that you always end up buying too much of it. The only time I ever bought all the stuff the magazines told me I needed I ended up walking out the door with two backpacks strapped to me – one fore and one aft. Like the guy at the airport baggage pickup sandwiched between two massive rucksacks and he’s looking for another one on the… Continue reading
Sought: Animal Transport
Sought: Dependible Animal Transport for roaming Tasmania. Horse, mule, hoped for but camel considered
Continue readingBernie's Guest Book
As long as you’re stopping by, please leave a note. Go ahead… write on the wall a bit.
Frankie
2010-10-27 15:17:18
Why can’t Woody go to Tasmania? You’re not very thoughtful regarding Woody.
Alfonse
2010-10-27 15:22:39
What if I want Woody to send postcards from his retirement meadow?
Marcy
2010-10-27 17:21:32
So if the moon hangs upside down over Tasmania, does your horse, when it throws you, run off in reverse….? Have a great trip.
Bennie
2010-10-27 17:50:54
Hey, what… Continue reading
Getting Mail Like You Used To
Your mail’s gone to hell hasn’t it? Remember back in the day when your cousin Benton used to send you those mashed up cards from the funky places he visited. The time he went to Tumbleweed Adventure in Wyoming, snagged his jacket on the gift shop jackalope (he was trying to light his cigarette) and brought down the whole row of stuffed heads….. Yeah, but he sent you a postcard, didn’t he? It was the one with the Jackalope Hunting… Continue reading
Heading for Tasmania
It’s time to head for Tassie.
Come the end of October, armed with little more than an audio recorder and camera (oh, and one spare blue shirt), I head off to learn more about Tasmanian devils, tigers, wallabies and wombats – and the folks that call Tassie home.
Tasmania: it’s the land under the Land Down Under. In the image above, mainland Australia is visible at the 11 o’clock position. Tasmania is the island directly below it.
As always, you’re… Continue reading
Where in the World is Tasmania?
If someone gave you a world atlas and told you to put your finger on Tasmania, if you’re like I was until recently, you’d spend lots of time searching. Your finger would quickly pass over the major continents, Africa, South America, North America, Asia, maybe head out into the Pacific for a quick spin then start looking for island specks in the ocean.
Then, if you’re like me, your finger would drift landward and start hovering over places you’d read… Continue reading
What you really need
It’s a question I get all the time. “What kind of gear do you use when you travel?”
The answer is “less and less”
Over the years, after sailing alone around the world and traveling across the US by mule – both ways – I find that gear counts less while interviewing interesting folks counts increasingly more. I travel for immersion, not to compare tent weight with fellow wanderers. I want to hear the man’s story about how he came… Continue reading
What's up at RiverEarth.com
2009 may have been the year I completed the Lost Sea Expedition, my Canada to Mexico wagon trek, but the trip isn’t over.
For that, I’ll need a good chunk of 2010.
In the course of the 2,500 mile, 10-state voyage, I shot over 6,500 minutes of Hi-Def film footage. Accompanied by a similiar amount of audio recordings. Now, it’s time to put this store of footage into a documentary film.
This is gonna be loud: Interviewing a Nebraska thunderhead… Continue reading
Free cards from Bernie and RiverEarth.com
Bernie and mule Polly on the Road
Outside Hope, New Mexico
Welcome to RiverEarth.com. While the latest adventure, the “Lost Sea Expedition” is complete, there’s plenty going on at RiverEarth.com. here’s what’s keeping us busy now the Canada to Mexico mule wagon trek is completed…
The Completed Lost Sea Expedition Route
The Lost Sea
75-million years ago
The goal of the Lost Sea Expedition was to travel the seabed of the Mediterranean-sized sea that covered the Great Plains 75-million years ago. Just me and a hearty mule named Polly pulling a small wagon filled with recording gear.
The Completed Lost Sea Expedition Route
The voyage began in Neptune, Saskatchewan. That’s about the only thing that went according to plan. What was supposed to be a 6-month trip spanned 2 calendar years.… Continue reading