Before we
left town I got a better picture of the statue that is in the middle of the
town’s roundabout. Maybe if all
roundabouts were this nice they wouldn’t be so annoying.
The potato
fields are about ready to harvest. We
saw several fields that were being harvested today. I hate to admit it but I only understood the
Ore-Ida Potato logo as we were driving across the Oregon line into Idaho a few
days ago (duh). Lots of potatoes are grown in
both states.
Lava is
still seen in this area. I guess this
might be part of the fissure that erupted in the past.
We finally
found out what the grain crop the farmers around here plant – barley. Most of the fields are harvested now, but
when the crop was still in the field we could see that it was a grain crop and
shorter than wheat. When we were sitting
in Pickle’s Place on our way to Craters of the Moon we saw a sign that said
that their Budweiser was proudly made from Idaho barley, then it all made
sense.
The amount
of straw that barley produces is amazing.
It is stacked in huge stacks everywhere and is being sent out by the
truckload. This guy was pulling three
trailers full.
We still
have sunflowers along the road!!
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