by Pa Rock
Traveling Fool
I am on the road today heading from my son's home in Roeland Park, Kansas, to my own home in West Plains, Missouri. I should reach my destination around noon.
I arrived at Tim and Erin's (my son and daughter-in-law's) home yesterday before noon after spending the night before in Hays, Kansas, a bustling community on I-70, but otherwise in the middle of nowhere - but it does have a nice variety of lodging and affordable places to eat.
When I was traveling through Kansas heading west at the start of my trip, I wrote about seeing a couple of extended semi-tractor-trailers, each carrying a single blade for wind turbines (electricity-producing windmills) that are beginning to sprout up all across the country, and especially in the windy and desolate parts of middle America. As I passed those trucks I became aware of just how massive those blades are.
Today I saw a story on the internet about a truck overturning in Maryland (also on I-70), dumping its cargo - one windmill blade - onto the roadway, and blocking some of the lanes going both directions. Now there are plenty of people in the state of Maryland who also know just how enormous those blades are!
Just one more thing to watch out for when you are on the road - as I am today - heading home!
UPDATE: Arrived home at 11:45 a.m. The long road trip is over. 4,503 total miles including some running around in Salem, Oregon.
2 comments:
And just how HAPPY 😃 was Rosie to see and hear you again???
Very! She was running in her "happy" circles!
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