Heading to South Dakota
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!
"65 Days Alone" DVD Released!
Day 37 – Stuck in the Atlantic Doldrums
After months of work, three-time Emmy Award winner Bob Collins and I have released my “65 Days Alone at Sea” DVD.
65 Days Alone at Sea
This film answers the question I get most about sailig solo around the world – “So Bernie, what’s it like to be alone on the ocean for months at a time.”
Well, here’s your chance to find out.
“65 Days Alone at Sea” is about… Continue reading
RiverEarth Site Upgrades
Welcome to the new RiverEarth.com site!
This week, while snow pounded the Great Plains here at RiverEarth.com, we pounded the keys…
Continue readingUpgraded RiverEarth Site
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.
Continue readingShark Tooth Ventilation
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
Corn Cob Man
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
Bernie's Appearances
Bernie and his critters often take their show on the road. Browse the dates and times below a program near you.
Product Review
“Too Proud to Ride a Cow”
Hill City, SD
2010
*Tuesday, April 13
“Hoofing It: By Mule Across North Carolina”
E. Lincoln Fire Dept.
on S. Pilot Knob Road
Denver, NC
7:00 pm
The Friends of the Florence Soule Shanklin Memorial Library and the NC Humanities Council present “Hoofing It”, the North Carolina segment of Bernie’s coast-to-coast… Continue reading
The 2008 Lost Sea Wagon Route
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.
Continue readingSounds like Bluegrass
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.
Listen to A Warning From Polly's Last Owner
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.