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A Top Hat Full of Easter Eggs

Happy Easter. The mules and I are waiting out a patch of wet weather at Ryan and Pam Crick’s in Mosheim, TN. Because I can’t give you a chocolate bunny, you’ll have to settle for a top hat full of eggs.

Bernie Harberts top hat filled with turkey egg and bantam eggs gift from Pam and Ryan Crick in Mosheim Tennessee

A top hat full of eggs. They’re a gift of Pam and Ryan Crick. The big one’s a turkey egg, the small ones are bantam eggs. The medium-sized one might be a Sexlink or an Orphington. (Mosheim, TN)

Bernie Harberts wedding top hat riding atop mule Brick's pack saddle on Two Mules to Triumph journey

Monday Mule Commuting Blues

View from mule saddle of Tennessee highway center lane sign with mules Brick and Cracker ears visible outside Limestone Cove

Even mules have to make commuting decisions. At least – for the moment – traffic is light (outside Limestone Cove, TN).

Good Monday morning. It’s off to the races time – me, you and mules Brick and Cracker. If it makes you feel any better, this is what my commute looks like. Only today it’s raining and my mules don’t have heated seats and windshield wipers. Yuck. Today we’re riding from Limestone Cove toward Erwin. If you see us on… Continue reading →