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  • The Mustard Seed: Sea G Rhydr’s Covered Wagon Voyage Through America

    Sea G Rhydr is heading through America in her tiny yellow wagon the Mustard Seed, pulled by her Shetland Theodore, her miniature horse Franklin and her Corgi Thick.

    Sea G Rhydr driving her covered wagon the Mustard Seed with ponies Franklin and Theodore
    Sea G Rhydr heading up the road with her ponies Franklin and Theodore pulling the Mustard Seed. Look closely and you can see her Corgi Thick sitting next to her. (Sea G Rhydr photo)

    She recently caught up with me straight from the wagon to talk about the first 200 miles of her voyage: the runaways, the wagon pole bent like a hump back whale and the field interviews she is doing with people across America.

    Listen to our conversation here on the Travel Grit podcast.

    June 16, 2026
  • Thies Matzen’s Whale Photo: Wanderer III Becalmed Between Patagonia and the Tuamotus

    Wanderer III becalmed in the trade winds between Patagonia and the Tuamotus, sails set as stabilizers — photo by Thies Matzen
    The Whale Photo (Thies Matzen photo)

    Thies Matzen took this photo while becalmed with his wife Kicki Ericson on Wanderer III in the trade wind belt between southern Chile and the Tuamotus. He says “I call it the whale picture because it looks a little bit like the boat is disappearing behind a wave which has the shape of a whale.”

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    May 26, 2026
  • Armand Bassett: “Do You Have Peanut Butter?”

    Armand Bassett: “Do You Have Peanut Butter?”

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    December 21, 2025

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