Unusual Love Stories Week: A Long Walk Home

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

This week, we’re featuring unusual love stories – from couples who were introduced by a mule, to the world’s most loyal dog, to a post office sustained by the kindness of strangers. In today’s episode, we meet back up with our pal Bernie Harberts, who trekked 19 million mule steps across the United States only to find himself, for the first time, a little homesick.

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0:00.0	to really understand this, you need to meet brick and cracker.
0:06.6	Brick and cracker tied on the porch.
0:09.0	So hang on, I'll grab him again, run out real quick.
0:13.1	This is so fun.
0:16.3	So we're going to go out of a little door here.
0:21.3	This is Bernie Hargerts.
0:23.2	You might remember him.
0:24.2	He's been on the show before.
0:26.0	Last time we talked to Bernie,
0:27.5	we heard about his travels through South Dakota
0:29.7	with his mule, Polly, and a little wagon.
0:33.1	These slow-moving, old-timey trips are kind of his thing.
0:38.2	And as you may have gathered, Polly is not the only mule in Bernie's life.
0:43.3	Cracker is probably 15 now.
0:46.3	And his head is huge.
0:49.3	It's like as long as my thighs, his ears are massive.
0:53.3	They're like almost a foot long.
0:55.2	Cracker is solid.
0:57.1	He's the steady.
0:59.0	Now, Brick, she's like the youngster of the duo.
1:03.6	She's like a little doe.
1:05.2	She's like a little wood fairy.
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