Before he died, Novelist John Steinbeck bought a Chevy Pickup and a truck camper and took 5 months to drive across America (in 1960). Aside from a lot of great thoughts and observations, one stood out. Steinbeck points out that traveling on the interstate gave him no knowledge of the country. Just like the truck drivers, he knew little else except about the truck stops. Driving on the interstate gave his mind overwhelming time to wander. He instead chose to stay on secondary roads and avoid the 'great wide traffic slashes which promote the self by fostering daydreams'. Have a day to kill over Thanksgiving break, Mooney and I took a 3 hour detour across Nebraska. We kept to the highways and back roads. I wouldn't have sold you on this so much if it were not true, Steinbeck has it right. If you have the time, stop at the parks, Mom and Pop Restaurants, and shady looking bars.
That is a 'Hay Buster'. If you know what it does, let me know.
My Great Grandpa has a flag pole dedicated to him on the Custer County Fair Grounds
ALL of the highways I took paralleled railroad tracks...I LOVE trains.
A rough estimate, 95% of the towns have a grain elevator/silo.
I won't touch the stuff, but Mooney loves McDonalds.
That is a big pile of corn. Almost all elevators store some of the grain outside so they can manipulate the moisture by combining it with the dry stuff in the elevators/silos.
More corn.
