Fair Winds and Following Interstates
October 14, 2025
We stopped by the John Deere Pavilion in Moline, IL. It's amazing the technology that goes into equipment these days. You can program the exact nutrients and fertilizers as well as have preventive maintenance scheduled. Of course there's a price tag involved. Anyone for a million dollar harvester?
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| Cutaway view |
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| Logo through the years |
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| Three wheels - all wheel drive |
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| Two millionth tractor |
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| Got a million dollars? |
September 28, 2025
It was a weekend for getting up early. First there was the Buffalo Roundup on Friday. Then on Sunday we joined a chapel group from Ellsworth AFB for the Crazy Horse Volksmarch.
Twice a year Crazy Horse Memorial hosts, in conjunction with the American Volksmarch Association, a walk to the top of Crazy Horse. Normally, you are not allowed to walk to the top. So, we've pretty much been satisfied with what we could see from the highway without paying the entrance fee. So this exception, which allows you to hike to the top for a small donation to the volksmarch association and an entrance fee of a minimum donation of three canned goods for the local foodbank, makes the event very popular. Over 5100 people participated in the event this year.
