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Sea G Rhydr: 200 Miles, 25 Questions, Four Near-Deaths and a Pony Named Theodore

Published June 7, 2026

I, Bernie Harberts, did not use generative AI to write or illustrate this article. Spell check and grammar check, yes. AI, no.

Sea G Rhydr is six weeks and 200 miles into a covered wagon voyage through America and when I asked her what she worried about that didn’t happen, she said, “Nothing!”

Sea G Rhydr driving the Mustard Seed covered wagon up the road — Briskly heading up the road in the Mustard Seed (Sea G Rhydr photo)

The list of tribulations includes a runaway, two jackknifes, a team pole bent like a humpback whale and what she describes as four near-deaths in a single day. Whew! And then there is Theodore, a Shetland pony who figured out that beating the tar out of his pulling buddy Franklin was the fastest way to earn a treat from the human who showed up to break up the fight.

Sea G Rhydr grooming ponies Franklin and Theodore — Grooming Theodore and Franklin while Thick supervises

The Mustard Seed covered wagon — The Mustard Seed is 6′ 3″ tall inside and long enough for Sea to sleep inside (Sea G Rhydr photo)

And yet, Sea’s trip hasn’t all been drama.

Sea is conducting field interviews for her YouTube channel Who Is My Neighbor. She’s asking people across America twenty-five questions, trying to find some common ground in a country that’s so divided its people have forgotten how to talk among each other. She needs people willing to sit for a remote interview, especially those outside the rural Midwest she has been traveling through. If that’s you, drop her a line.

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Hear Sea’s and my conversation, straight from her Mustard Seed wagon, here on Travel Grit.

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