Detroit Lakes has the Amtrak Railroad going through it, with a cute old station house.
Most attractions in the 10,000 Lakes area have closed for the season, so we have another Free Day.
Bob fixes the turn signals and the flashers on the tow dolly, which need to have the contacts cleaned. Corinne tries to make the computer run faster by cleaning up some old files.
The microwave latch and the door latch to the "residential" part of the RV still need work.
In the afternoon, we attend a birthday party of one of the long-term residents of the campground, Carolyn. It is held in the Recreation Room. She provides all the refreshments, including Sloppy Joes, Vodka punch, and brownies. We bring her a jar of Beer Jelly which we found in Oregon. She is very grateful not to have to spend her birthday alone with just her birds.
The new moon comes up a sliver, hovers above the trees, and within two hours has set.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Day 95 - Tuesday, 9/22/09, ON THE ROAD
The rolling hills of North Dakota are lush with acres and acres of sunflowers bending in the wind. Hay bales are scattered, lined up or stacked for a few hundred miles.
There is still some corn, but there are signs that it is being used to manufacture ethanol. This is a very controversial process. Consumers worry about how much corn it takes to make a gallon of ethanol and wonder what will happen to the edible corn supply. Will it drive prices up? Will the Mexican population have enough for their tortillas?
The evergreens are mostly yews, for windbreaks, but most of the trees are deciduous. About 50% of them are turning yellow or maroon.
There are little mounds of rocks in the fields where the farmers have piled stones dug from their fields while plowing.
It's amazing how many colors of green, tan, rust, yellow, gold and brown fields one can count in a five mile strip.
When we see some white cows drinking from a stream. Corinne wonders if they are holy Brahma bulls. Bob says they are just the beef for White Castle hamburgers.
I-94 is interrupted by major road construction. Once again we see the humongous vehicles and the huge staging area from which the workers radiate for 6 miles in both directions.
There is still some corn, but there are signs that it is being used to manufacture ethanol. This is a very controversial process. Consumers worry about how much corn it takes to make a gallon of ethanol and wonder what will happen to the edible corn supply. Will it drive prices up? Will the Mexican population have enough for their tortillas?
The evergreens are mostly yews, for windbreaks, but most of the trees are deciduous. About 50% of them are turning yellow or maroon.
There are little mounds of rocks in the fields where the farmers have piled stones dug from their fields while plowing.
It's amazing how many colors of green, tan, rust, yellow, gold and brown fields one can count in a five mile strip.
When we see some white cows drinking from a stream. Corinne wonders if they are holy Brahma bulls. Bob says they are just the beef for White Castle hamburgers.
I-94 is interrupted by major road construction. Once again we see the humongous vehicles and the huge staging area from which the workers radiate for 6 miles in both directions.
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