Well I did it again.
Sunday afternoon drive about.
Much of Missouri got massive rains this last week.
The river that goes through two of my farms was in flood
stage in north central Missouri. Went for a looksee.
Also did crop scouting at same time.
Corn for most part was as good as I've ever seen.
Beans south of Iowa line just simply SUCK, just a few exceptions.
Most along our route poor stands and very high % just planted last few weeks
As we got closer to Chillicothe from the north on hwy 65
the flooding became quite graphic. Saw some dikes overtopped.
The four lane hwy south of Carrollton was closed due to the wetness problem.
I'm sure glad we did not contribute water to that disaster.
Not gonna be a bin buster bean crop out of Missouri this year.
Headed west to the interstate.
Stopped in Bethany Missouri at the regionally famous
Toot Toot restaurant, great meat eaters buffet.
Back on road again northbound, decided I wanted a few fireworks
so stopped at Eagleville.
Oh yea beat Iowa out of 20¢ a gallon for gas.
There beside the gas station/fireworks complex was a Volvo SUV all elec
backed into a charging station. Had Minn plates,
I had almost 400 miles
On last fillip. So while I spent the couple minutes refueling the husband of
The couple sightseeing with us went over to ask a few ?'s.
Older lady by herself sitting there, said she'd been there couple hrs already.
Headed for Kansas city.
Had walked over to a cafe and had supper etc. Said she'd be there till 1am.
Said I'd cost only $7 for a fill up. By this time it was quarter till nine.
Her gauge said she stil only had 50 miles of range in her battery so far.
She had been sitting there with Windows up so probably had air conditioning on.
Got back in our vehicle fully recharged with an estimated 695 mi
range on the gauge and was on the road again.
Did I mention Toot Toot in Bethany , Missouri is a great place to refuel yourself?
Yea I thought I did.
