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The Land Around Here – Alliance to Hemingford, Nebraska

Published August 17, 2019

In a recent post, I introduced you to some of the folks the mules and I met between Alliance and the fairground in Hemingford. Here’s what the land looks like.

Irrigated crop land in Nebraska seen by Long Rider Bernie Harberts on Two Mules to Triumph mule journey
Irrigated crop land.
Train loaded with empty coal cars heading north toward Wyoming seen by Long Rider Bernie Harberts near Alliance Nebraska
Train country: a train load of empty coal cars heading north toward Wyoming.
Harvested wheat field in Nebraska on Long Rider Bernie Harberts Two Mules to Triumph mule journey
Harvested wheat
Abandoned white building former hardware store in Berea Nebraska passed by Long Rider Bernie Harberts on mule journey
Berea: A resident told me the white building, once a hardware store, closed 70 years ago. After this post went up, the owners of the building wrote me in the comment… Continue reading →
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Mule Journey Tent Life: A Rainy Night in Damascus, VA

Published September 26, 2018

Long Rider Bernie Harberts and Julia Carpenter's tent set up inside a cow barn in Damascus, VA during a rainy stretch of their mule journey

The tent tonight. For us, this is luxury lodging: we’re set up inside a cow barn. (Damascus, VA)

Goodnight from our tent. It’s been a rainy day for mule travel. Julia and I are holed up waiting for dryer weather. We’re here in Mike Johnson’s cow barn (Damascus, VA) cozy and dry, grateful for all the fine folks that have taken care of us during our mule ramble. Here’s what it’s like inside our tent tonight.

Enjoy.

Sleep tight.

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