I was hauling a load of beans past the roadside park today a fella was waving big at me, I waved and kept going. But a few minutes later Roger got the same emphatic wave and being the nice fella he is he stopped to see what the guy wanted. His name was Gale and he and his twin brother wanted to see the big machines running in the big fields. Roger said they could come take a look at what we were doing. So Gale headed to the field. I got the pleasure to visit with Gale.
Gale and his twin brother Dale had driven over 500 miles yesterday "mostly on 2 lane black tops and gravels, that's what we do" to see us Midwesterners bring in the harvest. They slept in the car at the roadside park, ate their cereal there then flagged down a hapless famer(us) to show them the big machines in the big fields. So I gave Gale a ride and it was great. Gale, the older of the two twins, is in his young 70s and informed me they do these trips all the time across America. They eat canned food, sleep on pads in the seat of their car "as comfortable as a recliner, we like roughing it". The car was a late model Chevy cobalt it gets 50mpg and they had a water pump, alternator, fuel pump and who knows what other spare parts in the trunk to keep them going "we can always find somebody to put them on!". These guys were the real deal of intrepid travelers!
Dale loved the ride and had great things to say, more than once he mentioned "This is a treat, a 30ft cutter head, three zero feet, wow what a treat!"
Gale and his twin brother Dale had driven over 500 miles yesterday "mostly on 2 lane black tops and gravels, that's what we do" to see us Midwesterners bring in the harvest. They slept in the car at the roadside park, ate their cereal there then flagged down a hapless famer(us) to show them the big machines in the big fields. So I gave Gale a ride and it was great. Gale, the older of the two twins, is in his young 70s and informed me they do these trips all the time across America. They eat canned food, sleep on pads in the seat of their car "as comfortable as a recliner, we like roughing it". The car was a late model Chevy cobalt it gets 50mpg and they had a water pump, alternator, fuel pump and who knows what other spare parts in the trunk to keep them going "we can always find somebody to put them on!". These guys were the real deal of intrepid travelers!
Dale loved the ride and had great things to say, more than once he mentioned "This is a treat, a 30ft cutter head, three zero feet, wow what a treat!"
