Pic of the day;
For today:
I have never tried to figure how many miles we have
traveled. Traveling is NOT for everyone, and it wasn’t for Sherry, until we
married. Since I am a Gypsie at heart, she has become one. I have said before that once Camping in a
StatePark in Western NC, she met some ‘smelly’ hikers that were headed to
Maine, hiking the Appalachian Trail.
Sitting
around a campfire I made my standard statement that I KNEW she always
rejected, that was: Honey, seriously, let’s sell everything, buy a sailboat and
sail around the world!
She smiled at me (she knows that melts me), “No,
but we can hike from Georgia to Maine.” WE
almost accomplished that hiking nearly 2000 miles of it. YES, backpacking was solely
her idea, and made a big difference in our lives.
BUT this is not about hiking, just travel. I
thought about it as I was preparing supper and peeling potatoes.
On
one trip around the USA we were in a new part of the Northwest. I kept
commenting on the ½ barns. They looked like they were about 8 or 10 ft high.
Down south we are used to big RED barns and big, tall round silos. I learned in Missouri, from Kenneth Conrad, a farmer, that
silos in Missouri are actually underground. They store the silage in a gully like formation then cover it with
dirt. The cows feed from the open end
all winter,
So about the ½ barns. As we drove, I noticed a huge cloud of dust out in a big field. As we came closer it hit me, THAT is a farmer harvesting potatoes, we are in Idaho by the way! WE watched fascinated at this new to us site. I decided that must be the dirtiest job in the world.
Then IT
HIT ME, those are NOT
half-barns, they are underground storage for potatoes until they are
sold. The trucks drive down into one of the, dump, and up out the other end.
Very few times, but sometimes I answer my own
questions. LOL
Ever have a truth dawn on YOU?
Nite
Shipslog
PS
Thanks for all the visits Love you guys… Thanks for reading, you are company to us as we travel. Now Idaho is not all dirt and potatoes, there is the Snake River. LOL
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6 comments:
You and Sheri have TRAVELED many miles together with many more to look forward too.
I really enjoyed the lesson today - I never ever knew that- I learn something new every day.!
My grandparents in W .VA used to have a fruit cellar built in the side of a hill. So part of it was surrounded by dirt. It was always like a refrigerator in there. She stored her potatoes inside where they would last longer. No ,it wasn't a barn but was the same idea. My dad told about the way they kept potatoes cold when he was a kid. They dug a hole and lined it with straw and stored their vegetables in there. That was before refrigeration was known to us. Some had ice boxes but they weren't very roomy.
"Ever have a truth dawn on you?" Yep, just now! When I spied your first photo I (wrongly) presumed it was a tornado shelter.
Now I'm wondering how many perfectly ordinary objects I've missed.
Wonderful that you've been able to travel and see the world. I don't recall seeing a "half barn" before. Very odd looking, and I'm glad you were able to solve the mystery!
Thank you so much Jack for your many educational and informative posts you have here, also your photographs recording history. I have learnt a lot from you and your travels.
God bless you and Sherry and your family.
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