"Bumper crop"
That's what is coming out of north Texas this year regarding the upcoming wheat crop. It is still about eight weeks away, but it was green today. Green and prolific.
A friend and I drive an extended Chevy van to Wichita Falls, Vernon and Quanah, Texas, to pick up wheat samples during the wheat harvest, and this afternoon I was on Hwy 287 picking up about 28 samples.
The past two years there has been little wheat to pick up. Drought and hail took a heavy toll. This year, there has been plenty of rain so the hope now is that the rain will not be accompanied by hail.
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Two weeks ago I was on our school's senior trip to ski in Keystone, Colorado. 50+ seniors, five sponsors, and the end of the ski season with good snow still on the ground with nine or so new inches the last day, temperatures in the 40's, and slim crowds make for good times. The days and nights, Keystone has great night-skiing, were spent skiing and lazing around reading with most nights spent at a pizzeria and deli located across the street from our hotel. There we could while away some time since there were few people working the joint and watch NCAA basketball while eating pizza or a sub sandwich.
The students and two sponsors flew. Our athletic director, campus minister, and I drove a van so that we would have some sort of way to get around while we were up there. Going through Texas, New Mexico, into Colorado. Coming = Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, into Texas. Nearing home we entertained our weary minds with the "would you rather ______ or ______. For example, would you rather lose a finger or a toe? It wasn't intellectual or invigorating, but it helped the last miles go away.
That's what is coming out of north Texas this year regarding the upcoming wheat crop. It is still about eight weeks away, but it was green today. Green and prolific.
A friend and I drive an extended Chevy van to Wichita Falls, Vernon and Quanah, Texas, to pick up wheat samples during the wheat harvest, and this afternoon I was on Hwy 287 picking up about 28 samples.
The past two years there has been little wheat to pick up. Drought and hail took a heavy toll. This year, there has been plenty of rain so the hope now is that the rain will not be accompanied by hail.
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Two weeks ago I was on our school's senior trip to ski in Keystone, Colorado. 50+ seniors, five sponsors, and the end of the ski season with good snow still on the ground with nine or so new inches the last day, temperatures in the 40's, and slim crowds make for good times. The days and nights, Keystone has great night-skiing, were spent skiing and lazing around reading with most nights spent at a pizzeria and deli located across the street from our hotel. There we could while away some time since there were few people working the joint and watch NCAA basketball while eating pizza or a sub sandwich.
The students and two sponsors flew. Our athletic director, campus minister, and I drove a van so that we would have some sort of way to get around while we were up there. Going through Texas, New Mexico, into Colorado. Coming = Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, into Texas. Nearing home we entertained our weary minds with the "would you rather ______ or ______. For example, would you rather lose a finger or a toe? It wasn't intellectual or invigorating, but it helped the last miles go away.
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