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…?

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…

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….

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…