We city folk have learned a lot about country living this harvest. Andy's job is fascinating to me, and I am comfortable with the fact that that makes me a bit of a nerd. Whit and I took him out to lunch yesterday and were able to watch semi after semi dumping their loads of corn into the elevator. When the elevators fill up, the overflow is placed outside (it's not food-grade, so don't worry about someone finding a leaf in their corn casserole this Thanksgiving). This is what 1.5 million bushels of corn looks like - see the train and giant evergreen in the distance for scale. Pretty stinkin' amazing if you ask me. My inner farm girl is finally coming out, and I know my Grandma Erma would be proud...and also likely say something along the lines of, "Well, what did you think they did with all that corn?!"
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