I suspect all you readers are sick of hearing about Sugar Beets. But this has been such a huge, long desired event in JIm’s life, we feel the need to add a few more things. Jim read my last blog…
Sugar Beets are everywhere!
The Sugar Beet Harvest in the Red River Valley is in full swing. The harvest finally started on October 7, seven days late (see my previous post about the delay). Since the harvest started, Jim has worked 14 or 15…
Beet Harvest in the Red River Valley
Today is our seventh day here in the Grand Cities; East Grand Forks, Minnesota and Grand Forks, North Dakota, bisected by the Red River. And it’s Day 5 of the Sugar Beet Harvest. And how many beets has Jim driven…
Repositioning
Repostion – Verb. place in a different position; adjust or alter the position of. Repositioning is what RVers do when they need to move from one part of the country to another. Some do it slowly and take their time. …
Serendipity and Harvest Hosts
Serendipity – luck that takes the form of finding valuable or pleasant things that are not looked for Yup, we have experienced serendipity these past couple of days. We made the decision to cut short our visit on the Oregon…
The West Coast
Wow, it’s been almost three weeks since I posted anything! I actually had to take a look to see where we had left off. We are now in week 7 of our trip. Only 5 weeks to go. Time has…
Caves and Rocks
Today marks four weeks since we left home. Come tomorrow, we will have spent more time in the RV on this trip than we have spent in our new home! Anyway, first thing first…if you recall, we had Jeep problems…
Silver City, New Mexico
We are now in Silver City, New Mexico. What does the Silver City area look like? I wish I knew! Well, here is our campsite… And here are the two error messages our Jeep is tossing in our faces. Yes,…
Texas Hill Country
Before leaving College Station, I took the time to visit the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library. What can I say, I like history! The library is primarily for researchers, so I concentrated on the museum. Let’s just say I…
“Go South Young Scientist…”
Those that we talk to frequently knew we had another trip coming up this month. To those of you that didn’t, let me fill you in. Janelle will be starting a PhD program in Coastal Ecology at Texas A&M at…