I NEGLECTED TO SHOW YOU THIS IMAGE OF A PARK
THAT IS CLOSE TO MEL AND DONNA'S HOUSE IN
IDAHO. WHO SAYS THAT THE EARLY MOUNTAIN MEN
DIDN'T HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR? THIS PHOTO IS
FROM AUGUST 8 AS I WAS LEAVING ASHTON.


WHO KNEW? WHAT A COINCIDENCE THIS IS!!!! YOU WOULD
HAVE THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE PICKED SOMETHING ELSE,
LIKE "HOME OF THE PUPPIES" OR "HOME OF THE WHEAT" OR
"WELCOME TO WOLF POINT HOME OF THE BROKEN BEER
BOTTLES"


AHHHHH FINALLY, SOME SHADE, AND IT'S ONLY THREE MILES AWAY.


THESE EARTH MOVERS HAVE ALWAYS FASCINATED ME, EVEN WHEN I WAS A KID. TO ME, IF THEY WERE A
PREHISTORIC BEAST, THEY WOULD BE A TRICEROTOPS. THESE THINGS ARE DUAL ENGINED AND POWERFUL



I LIKED THE LOOK OF THIS SIGN. ONE MORE STATE DOWN
AND ONLY FOUR MORE TO GO. THIS IS NUMBER 31


THESE ARE CONTRACTORS WHO HIRE OUT TO HARVEST THE CROPS FOR FARMERS USING LARGE COMBINES. THERE
ARE TWO IN THIS PICTURE, ONE HAS OFF LOADED ITS GRAIN TO THE TRANSFER WAGON AND IS HEADED BACK
INTO THE FIELD. THE FIELDS ARE THOUSANDS OF ACRES IN SIZE, NOT HUNDREDS OF ACRES. THESE GUYS WILL
WORK 24 HOURS A DAY UNTIL THEY ARE FINISHED WITH THIS FARM. THEN THEY WILL LOAD UP THE COMBINES
ON BIG 18 WHEELER TRUCKS AND MOVE TO THE NEXT FARM. IT IS A HUGE AGRIBUSINESS IN THIS PART OF THE
COUNTRY.


IN SHARP CONTRAST, ONCE THE FIELD HAS BEEN HARVESTED, THEN THE REMAINING PART OF THE PLANT IS
BALED. IN THIS CASE THIS IS STRAW. STRAW IS USED FOR BEDDING PURPOSES IN BARNS AND FEED LOTS FOR
THE COMFORT OF A WIDE VARIETY OF ANIMALS, EXCEPT FOR POODLES. POODLES ARE NOT ALLOWED ON FARMS
UNLESS THEY ARE MADE INTO SLIPPERS.


AMTRAK HIGHBALLING IT WEST ALONGSIDE ROUTE 2 AS I WAS MOVING EAST. REALLY A FAST MOVER THAT HAS
RIGHT OF WAY OVER FRIEGHT TRAINS. THE FRIEGHT TRAINS ALL PULL ON TO PASSING TRACKS WHEN THESE
GUYS ARE IN THE VISCINITY.


NOW, LETS BOW OUR HEADS IN PRAYER


THIS COULD BE A NEIGHBORHOOD IN CLINTON TOWNSHIP OR ROSEVILLE OR IN STERLING HEIGHTS, MICHIGAN.
THIS IS A TYPICAL MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA SUBURBAN STREET. MINOT HAS NO REAL CLAIM TO FAME, EXCEPT IT
HAS A LARGE B-52 BASE OUTSIDE OF TOWN. I THINK I WILL GO EXPLORE THAT WHILE I WAIT FOR MY MEDS
TO ARRIVE FROM HOME.

 

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