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Anselmo Early Morning Start

Published August 4, 2019
Mules saddled and ready at 5:30am in Anselmo, Nebraska for early morning start on cross-country mule ride
Anselmo, Nebraska. It’s 5:30am. The mules are saddled and ready to hit the road. I got up at 4a. It takes me 1 1/2 hours to go from sleeping bag to saddle.

Mornings, I try to be on the road with the mules by dawn. If I’m traveling a quiet highway, I’m often in the saddle half an hour before dawn.

This can be relaxing. Riding through the still night air, often the only thing that interrupts the clip clop… Continue reading →

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Hordville Hello

Published July 17, 2019

Greetings from Hordville, Nebraska. The mules and I arrived here this morning (July 17, 2019) and set up a welcome camp under the linden tree by the rail road tracks. A wonderful place to duck the heat before things heated up this afternoon.

Mules Brick and Cracker grazing in shade of large linden tree in Hordville, Nebraska during cross-country mule ride
Brick and Cracker grazing in the cooling shade of one of Hordville’s many large linden trees.

Temperatures have been in the 90s all this week with higher temps forecast. This limits the amount of time the mules… Continue reading →

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