This blog post is way overdue. We have been home for a while, but have neglected to write a final trip post. So here we go….. In our last post, we were at the sugar beet harvest back in early…
Sugar Beet Harvest 2020
It’s time for a sugar beet harvest update. I always know it’s time to do an update when I start getting text messages and emails from people asking how it’s going. But first, we had complete the final travel leg…
Sugar Beet Harvest Statistics
Written by Jim…. If you are interested in my stints as a sugar beet semi driver read on. I recently watched the most recent training video put out by Crystal Sugar for the factory workers (of which I am not,…
Sugar Beet Harvest is DONE!
How do you know when it’s time to leave the Red River Valley? Today we have finally left the Red River Valley and the sugar beet harvest. No, the harvest overall is NOT done yet. The weather is working against…
The Sugar Beet Harvest is back on!
The snow has melted. The fields have dried. The sugar beet harvest is back on! Life has fallen into a routine. Jim gets up at 5:00 a.m. and gets an hour of “me time.” His “breakfast” is his big meal…
Groundhog Day in October
You know that movie Groundhog Day? In the movie, Bill Murray lives the same day over and over and over. https://youtu.be/GncQtURdcE4 I feel like we are living our own personal Groundhog Day experience. Everyday is the same…the sugar beet…
Sugar Beet Harvest – Day 10
Some of you are probably wondering how the sugar beet harvest here in the Red River Valley is going. It’s now day 10, and this is the scene out our RV window. Yes, it’s day 10 of the harvest and…
Dirt
Dirt. Mud. Red River Valley soil. Nutrient filled. Slippery when wet. Jim and I had an unexpected adventure yesterday morning. The harvest is shut down due to rain. So I said “Let’s drive down to the Ohio Field where you…
Sugar Beet Harvest 2018
We are once again in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Jim worked the sugar beet harvest here in 2016 and wanted to work it again. Sproule Farms happily rehired him for the harvest. I don’t plan on rehashing the whole sugar…
Lake Sakakawea
It was time to head east to the other side of North Dakota for the Sugar Beet Harvest. Jim had once again signed up to work the harvest. More on that in the next blog post. We had a few…