Bessie The Traveling Cow
@bessiethecow.bsky.social
I'm a stuffed cow that has been traveling the globe since 1999. I will share one new adventure every day. Follow along!
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Here's a few things to know about me: I've been to 17 countries, 33 states, the District of Columbia, and several U.S. territories. I post one new adventure every day - old ones can be found on my timeline. Please REPOST and LIKE to help others find me. No photoshop here - all pictures are real!
Hello from Texas (again)! I got off my cruise this morning and spent some time at the Johnson Space Center before heading to the airport. This a mockup of the space shuttle on top of the actual 747 that used to ferry them around the country when the shuttle program was active.
November 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Hello from Texas (again)! I got off my cruise this morning and spent some time at the Johnson Space Center before heading to the airport. This a mockup of the space shuttle on top of the actual 747 that used to ferry them around the country when the shuttle program was active.
The final day of my cruise! I may be a traveling cow, but I’m ready to get home and put my hooves up for a bit. I got to hang out this morning with some other fake animals on board.
November 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The final day of my cruise! I may be a traveling cow, but I’m ready to get home and put my hooves up for a bit. I got to hang out this morning with some other fake animals on board.
Hola from Cozumel, Mexico! I’m on the back of this donkey and I’ve had so much tequila I don’t know if it’s a real donkey or not. Just kidding, no tequila for me, and it’s definitely a real donkey! Tomorrow we chill out at sea and Saturday back home, if my flight isn’t on the chopping block.
November 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Hola from Cozumel, Mexico! I’m on the back of this donkey and I’ve had so much tequila I don’t know if it’s a real donkey or not. Just kidding, no tequila for me, and it’s definitely a real donkey! Tomorrow we chill out at sea and Saturday back home, if my flight isn’t on the chopping block.
The second stop of my cruise is the island of Roatan which is part of Honduras. I’m at the Carambola Chocolate Factory and yes it’s delicious! A very rainy day here so I tried to find some indoor activities and what’s better than sampling Chocolate?
November 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The second stop of my cruise is the island of Roatan which is part of Honduras. I’m at the Carambola Chocolate Factory and yes it’s delicious! A very rainy day here so I tried to find some indoor activities and what’s better than sampling Chocolate?
First stop on my cruise! Today I visited Chacchoben Mayan Ruins in Mexico. I was very patient to get this picture with no people in it!
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
First stop on my cruise! Today I visited Chacchoben Mayan Ruins in Mexico. I was very patient to get this picture with no people in it!
I’m on a ship sailing towards Mexico at the moment but here’s another picture I took on Saturday in Houston, Texas. This is on top of The Mount at the Hermann Park Conservancy.
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I’m on a ship sailing towards Mexico at the moment but here’s another picture I took on Saturday in Houston, Texas. This is on top of The Mount at the Hermann Park Conservancy.
My adventures will continue this week on a cruise! For now I am getting settled into my cabin and looking out at the Port of Galveston. Where am I going this week? You’ll have to come back daily to find out!
November 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
My adventures will continue this week on a cruise! For now I am getting settled into my cabin and looking out at the Port of Galveston. Where am I going this week? You’ll have to come back daily to find out!
More Texas adventures for me today. I am now in Houston and had to spend a fraught hour inside Truth Barbecue. As a stuffed cow I am probably supposed to be against this sort of thing, but oh my did it smell good! Today was a very confusing day!
November 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
More Texas adventures for me today. I am now in Houston and had to spend a fraught hour inside Truth Barbecue. As a stuffed cow I am probably supposed to be against this sort of thing, but oh my did it smell good! Today was a very confusing day!
Do you remember the Alamo? I had to refresh myself on what all went down here before I headed to San Antonio to pay a visit today. I got here early enough to pose for a picture before the crowds descended.
November 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Do you remember the Alamo? I had to refresh myself on what all went down here before I headed to San Antonio to pay a visit today. I got here early enough to pose for a picture before the crowds descended.
Greetings from Austin, Texas! This was earlier today. Can you find me?? It’s my first time here. Quite a lovely place! They say it’s the live music capital of the world and I would believe it!
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Greetings from Austin, Texas! This was earlier today. Can you find me?? It’s my first time here. Quite a lovely place! They say it’s the live music capital of the world and I would believe it!
La Romana is a city on the Dominican Republic’s Caribbean coast and a gateway to nearby resort areas. Here I am inside Altos de Chavón, a re-created 16th-century Mediterranean village with artists' workshops. I visited in 2018. Early post today - I'm hitting the road for new adventures!
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
La Romana is a city on the Dominican Republic’s Caribbean coast and a gateway to nearby resort areas. Here I am inside Altos de Chavón, a re-created 16th-century Mediterranean village with artists' workshops. I visited in 2018. Early post today - I'm hitting the road for new adventures!
If you know you know...This picture was taken in 2021 inside a Twisters restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico. If you don't know, or you only kind of know, this is the filming location that doubled for the famous fictional chicken restaurant in both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If you know you know...This picture was taken in 2021 inside a Twisters restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico. If you don't know, or you only kind of know, this is the filming location that doubled for the famous fictional chicken restaurant in both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
Thinking of that time in 2019 I robbed the Louvre in Paris... Just kidding! I would never! I did get lost though.
November 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Thinking of that time in 2019 I robbed the Louvre in Paris... Just kidding! I would never! I did get lost though.
This is the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH - the new class is inducted this weekend. Why Cleveland? Local disc jockey Alan Freed coined the term "rock and roll" and held the first rock concert there in 1952. I visited in 50 years later, in 2002.
November 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM
This is the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH - the new class is inducted this weekend. Why Cleveland? Local disc jockey Alan Freed coined the term "rock and roll" and held the first rock concert there in 1952. I visited in 50 years later, in 2002.
Tonight is Game 7 of the World Series, winner take all! The game is currently under way at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada. I caught a game there myself back in 2011! I'm not a Blue Jays fan, but tonight I am. Always have to pull for the underdogs.
November 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Tonight is Game 7 of the World Series, winner take all! The game is currently under way at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada. I caught a game there myself back in 2011! I'm not a Blue Jays fan, but tonight I am. Always have to pull for the underdogs.
Happy Halloween! Can anyone guess where I am? These are the famous "Exorcist steps" in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington DC. The steps were built in 1895 and made famous by the 1973 supernatural horror film The Exorcist. Luckily, I didn't fall, I just carefully posed. Stay safe everyone!
October 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Happy Halloween! Can anyone guess where I am? These are the famous "Exorcist steps" in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington DC. The steps were built in 1895 and made famous by the 1973 supernatural horror film The Exorcist. Luckily, I didn't fall, I just carefully posed. Stay safe everyone!
Tonight is all hallows' eve eve so get a good night sleep because tomorrow we wait for the Great Pumpkin to rise from the pumpkin patch. He will be carrying a large bag of toys to deliver to believing children. I hope you are one of them!
October 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Tonight is all hallows' eve eve so get a good night sleep because tomorrow we wait for the Great Pumpkin to rise from the pumpkin patch. He will be carrying a large bag of toys to deliver to believing children. I hope you are one of them!
Here's another creepy cemetery story, this one from Graceland in Chicago where we find the grave and statue of Inez Clarke who died in 1880. The legend goes that whenever there’s a storm here at Graceland, the statue will vanish, and her ghost will run around the cemetery.
October 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Here's another creepy cemetery story, this one from Graceland in Chicago where we find the grave and statue of Inez Clarke who died in 1880. The legend goes that whenever there’s a storm here at Graceland, the statue will vanish, and her ghost will run around the cemetery.
Halloween week continues, and so does my exploration of all things spooky, creepy and macabre. In 2015 I found myself in the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan where they have the actual presidential limousine that was carrying President Kennedy at the time he was assassinated in Dallas, TX.
October 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Halloween week continues, and so does my exploration of all things spooky, creepy and macabre. In 2015 I found myself in the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan where they have the actual presidential limousine that was carrying President Kennedy at the time he was assassinated in Dallas, TX.
Here's another dose of the macabre for you during this last week of October. In 2023 I found myself looking at all the burial markers inside Westminster Abbey in London. This place contains over 3,000 burials, including 30 kings and queens. This particular vault is linked to the black death in 1348.
October 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Here's another dose of the macabre for you during this last week of October. In 2023 I found myself looking at all the burial markers inside Westminster Abbey in London. This place contains over 3,000 burials, including 30 kings and queens. This particular vault is linked to the black death in 1348.
How's about another spooky adventure? The Black Angel statue was installed in 1912 and stands over eight feet tall in Oakland Cemetery in Iowa City, IA and is eerily black due to oxidization. Local legends on how it turned black are much more sinister.
October 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
How's about another spooky adventure? The Black Angel statue was installed in 1912 and stands over eight feet tall in Oakland Cemetery in Iowa City, IA and is eerily black due to oxidization. Local legends on how it turned black are much more sinister.
We're continuing our exploration of the macabre tonight as we countdown the days until Halloween. This is Ford's Theatre in Washington DC and behind me is the box where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865. I visited here last spring.
October 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
We're continuing our exploration of the macabre tonight as we countdown the days until Halloween. This is Ford's Theatre in Washington DC and behind me is the box where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865. I visited here last spring.
We've got one week until Halloween so it's time to share more spooky adventures! Here I am at Cedar Point amusement park in Ohio in 2023 with one of my fans. This is a bloody rendition of the famous painting American Gothic by Grant Wood.
October 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
We've got one week until Halloween so it's time to share more spooky adventures! Here I am at Cedar Point amusement park in Ohio in 2023 with one of my fans. This is a bloody rendition of the famous painting American Gothic by Grant Wood.
In 2019 I got to take a train from Paris to Amsterdam and if you've never been on a train anywhere except the US, they got really fast over there!!!
October 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
In 2019 I got to take a train from Paris to Amsterdam and if you've never been on a train anywhere except the US, they got really fast over there!!!
I don't know what the story is here. This is just a giant head I ran into at the Amber Cove cruise port on the northern part of the Dominican Republic when I visited last year. It was a little unsettling to be honest.
October 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I don't know what the story is here. This is just a giant head I ran into at the Amber Cove cruise port on the northern part of the Dominican Republic when I visited last year. It was a little unsettling to be honest.