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How to Water a Mule in the Desert

The mules and I may be walking across the land of 12″ of annual rain but there’s an oasis underfoot. It’s pumped to the surface by windmills.

Mule Cracker drinking from a windmill-fed stock tank in the desert of eastern Wyoming during Bernie Harberts cross-country mule ride.
Stock tank oasis: look closely and you’ll see mule Cracker taking a drink at 4’oclock.

In these remote parts of eastern Wyoming, windmills are still the primary way to pump water in to stock tanks. Solar panels are coming on the scene. But by and large, if a cow wants to drink in… Continue reading →