We took a drive to see the Enchanted Highway which takes you to Regent, ND. We turned off interstate I 94 at exit 72 and there is this huge sculpture of geese in flight. It is 110 feet high and 156 feet long weighing over 75 tons. It was raised in 2001 and is the largest scrap metal sculpture in the world and is in the Guinness World Book of Records. There are 7 of these sculptures along the 32 miles to Regent, ND.
Geese In Flight 2001
The Deer Family 2002
Grasshoppers in the Field 1999
Fisherman’s Dream 2006
Pheasants on the Prairie 1996
Teddy Rides Again 1993
Tin Family 1991
After seeing all of this metal formed into great sculptures we were headed back to the RV park and came upon a field of grain being harvested. This is a lot different than when I was a kid and had helped a couple of times at harvest time. There were three combines cutting swaths through the fields about thirty feet in width. The machine cut the grain, removed the grain from the stem and stored it in a hopper and blew the chaff and straw back on the field. There was a tractor pulling a large bin on wheels and would travel along side the combines and they would unload into this bin with out stopping. Once the bin was full he would pull up next to a semi waiting to take the grain to a storage bin. We watched for about 15 minutes and in that time they harvested more grain than a whole crew would in a day back in the late 40’s and early 50’s. This was really interesting. I knew it was done this way, but this was the first time in years to see the actual operation. Barb had never seen grain harvested. This is the first stage of your bread.
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