The Mormons used to layover here on their way to the Salt Lake Valley. We drove through Omaha and Lincoln and we are now in Grand Island. It was called an island because the Platte River split into several channels here before coming back together, forming a, kind of, island. In the last 3 days we have driven 700 miles with corn fields on both sides of the road horizon to horizon. Just getting it harvested seems impossible. The corn harvester (a combine) mows down the stalks, rips off the cob, removes the husk from the cob, strips the corn kernels off of the husk, deposits the corn kernels in a bin and ejects the rest of green stuff on the ground. A basic corn combine with no extras costs $500,000. We move further west tomorrow. Oh, almost forgot. We visited a prairie museum this afternoon and I took a few horse related pics.
Wow the horse wood carving is nice, wonder how long that took. The saddle use to be a saddle, until some got sore and decided to cover it with leather and padding. Hope it was an enjoyable museum since it looks pretty horsey. Lot of miles in two days. I am sure that is getting old. Happy travels
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