So we're on the road to Pender, Nebraska. We are continually impressed with the beauty of our great land. The rolling hills are cultivated as far as we can see, mostly with corn (because of ethanal for gasoline) and some soybeans. It's hard to imagine what it's like to drive the machinery over all that land to work the fields. As usual, pictures don't do it justice, but we keep trying. A note about the gasoline. Prices so far have been in the neighborhood of $3.45 for unlead, but we have been seeing 'super unlead' for say, $3.35 while the regular unlead might be $3.45. Turns out the 'super unlead' has 10% ethanol. Just a way to justify all those corn fields. We have been mostly on two-lane country roads and it has been very pleasant. Very little traffic, and unhurried speeds. We did have to stop at an intersection while a very large truck made the turn. Mary Lou counted over 30 tires on the rig. Pender is a town of about 1000 people, so we're told. Like most of the towns we encounter, it's quiet with nicely maintained homes. Most of the small towns have a very nice veteran's memorial similar to this one. Because of all the farming around here, the farm implement dealers should be doing very well. But here is the reason we came here. Blue Ox makes RV towing equipment including the tow bar that we use to hook up our jeep. They had a very nice campground on the premises, free for customers, available to others. We had our tow bar serviced. Chipmunks (we thought, but a local called them ground squirrels) played in the grass by our RV. This mama had 4 babies and they would pop in and out of holes in the ground. A tour of the plant revealed a highly automated facility. Computer controlled machines did everything from laser-cutting parts from sheet steel, to lathes and milling machines, to cardboard box making. (Photos below play as a slide show or individually. At the end of our day here we drove to the cemetery on a hill overlooking the town. Tomorrow we head for Forest City, Iowa. Facebookers have a clue about this, but the rest will just have to ... Stay tuned.
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