tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926763214393416006.post1141364928604496880..comments2023-04-02T05:36:09.213-06:00Comments on A Tenderfoot in the Queen City: Amber Waves of Grain~Laura Ruttum~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09664878553406750582noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926763214393416006.post-70219332366798686422010-08-18T18:01:55.196-06:002010-08-18T18:01:55.196-06:00Dag, I believe pioneers made an average of 14 mile...Dag, I believe pioneers made an average of 14 miles a day. Between packing up camp every morning, stopping to cook meals on a campfire, broken axles, river crossings and pitching camp each night, I can see why! Quite a trip it must've been.~Laura Ruttum~https://www.blogger.com/profile/09664878553406750582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926763214393416006.post-29388279801653398072010-08-18T17:55:36.456-06:002010-08-18T17:55:36.456-06:00Thanks Mari! I was thinking along those lines whil...Thanks Mari! I was thinking along those lines while watching miles of corn go by (that, and the few feedlots we also saw...shudder), but haven't investigated either title yet.~Laura Ruttum~https://www.blogger.com/profile/09664878553406750582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926763214393416006.post-32641414878541146352010-08-16T19:40:46.604-06:002010-08-16T19:40:46.604-06:00Reading this post of yours brings to mind some doc...Reading this post of yours brings to mind some documentaries I'd like to recommend to you on the subject of.......wait for it.......corn! If, for blog informational purposes, you want to learn more about the American agricultural obsession that is feed corn, you should check out "King Corn" and "Food, Inc." Both are very informative as to the state of the modern AmericanMarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03296453047686590397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926763214393416006.post-51644459690097423502010-08-13T10:29:09.979-06:002010-08-13T10:29:09.979-06:00A drive like this makes you also aware of how the ...A drive like this makes you also aware of how the pioneers migrated across the country. Today we have speedy cars, trains and airplanes. I can only imagine how a trip back then would've been.Daghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08211699928436777183noreply@blogger.com