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1992 Dodge First Gen Cummins Mule Haul: Idaho to Wyoming

Published November 3, 2019

This is Part 1 of a 3-part series about hauling mules Brick and Cracker home from Idaho to North Carolina in a 1992 First Gen Cummins Dodge. Read Part 2: Wyoming to Nebraska and Part 3: Nebraska to Missouri. Wondering what became of the old Dodge? Read Why I Sold My 1992 First Gen Cummins Dodge After 18 Years.

Today mules Brick, Cracker and I chug, chugged 500 miles closer to home in my 1992 First Gen Cummins… Continue reading →

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Sought: Ride for 2 Mules from Idaho to North Carolina.

Published October 21, 2019

Bernie Harberts with mules Brick and Cracker on final day of ride from North Carolina to Hailey Idaho — Our final day on the road: Cracker and Brick spent 6 months riding from North Carolina to Idaho. Now it’s time to go home. (Sheila Lieramann photo / Hailey, Idaho)

Map showing mule trailer route needed from Hailey Idaho to Lenoir North Carolina — Where we need to get: Hailey, Idaho to Lenoir, NC.

Bernie Harberts and wife Julia Carpenter, available to help drive mules home from Idaho — I’d be happy to pitch in with driving. Yes, my wife Julia trusts me to haul her Haflinger Pickle. No, I won’t embarrass you by wearing my top hat. Or maybe I will.

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Hailey, Idaho: Final Destination in the Snow

Published October 20, 2019

Bernie Harberts with snow-dusted beard on final miles into Hailey Idaho — I added some grey to my beard those final miles. That fluffy white stuff is snow.

Mules Brick and Cracker spending final night in Hailey rodeo arena corral — The final night’s dig: Brick and Cracker slept in the rodeo arena corral. I slept under the bleachers.

Bernie Harberts in top hat leading mules toward Hailey Coffee Company in morning snow — Headin’ in for a cup of coffee (John Delorenzo photo)

Bernie Harberts with mules Brick and Cracker and Santos outside Hailey Coffee Company Idaho — Mules Brick and Cracker and me with Santos (background) and some fellow Hailey Coffee Company fans (John Delorenzo photo)

Bernie Harberts adjusting Cracker's bridle in snow, mule Brick carrying pack saddle on right — Taking a moment to adjust Cracker’s bridle (L). Brick is on the right hauling the pack saddle.… Continue reading →

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Sought: Ride Home for Two Mules

Published October 11, 2019

Know anyone that could trailer my mules Brick and Cracker from Idaho back to North Carolina? They’ve walked 2,000 miles to get here and don’t want to walk home.

Mules Brick and Cracker packed up in Idaho needing a trailer ride home to North Carolina — Cracker and Brick spent 6 months walking from North Carolina to Idaho. Now it’s time to go home.

Right now (October 11) the mules and I are in Blackfoot, Idaho. We plan to be in Hailey, Idaho around October 25. I’d be looking for a trailer ride home to North Carolina… Continue reading →

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Winding Down the Two Mules to Triumph Ramble

Published October 10, 2019

April 6, 2019, mules Brick and Cracker and I rode out our front gate and headed west from North Carolina. This week, 181 days and 10 states later, we arrived in Idaho. Crossing Wolverine Gap, east of Blackfoot, we ran in to snow for the second time in 3 days. The Rocky Mountain winter is coming. It is time to wrap up the Two Mules to Triumph ramble.

Snow slog through Wolverine Gap Idaho on mules Brick and Cracker — Snow slog (Wolverine, Idaho)

Google map showing Two Mules to Triumph route from Lenoir North Carolina to Blackfoot Idaho — The Two Mules to Triumph route to date… Continue reading →

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What Do You Want to Know?

Published August 27, 2019

Question: what do you want to read or see more about on my current mule voyage across America? I ask this because today it dawned on me that my journey from North Carolina to Hailey, Idaho is about 3/4 complete.

Map showing Bernie Harberts cross-country mule ride route from Lenoir, North Carolina to Douglas, Wyoming with 550 miles remaining to Hailey, Idaho. — We started in Lenoir, North Carolina. We’ve traveled 1,600 miles to Douglas, Wyoming. Only 550 miles to go to Hailey, Idaho.

Yikes.

I Write for Me

I’ve always written the RiverEarth.com blog for my readers and me. I don’t get… Continue reading →

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