Hi Folks! I wanted to upload another video from riding with Grampa in the corn field, but the weather isn't co-operating tonight. There's a big snow storm blowing in and right now it's pretty cloudy. With this satellite internet, video's apparently take just perfect weather. It will probably be a few days before I can upload another.
In the meantime, I did take a trip to the elevator with Grampa the other day and snapped lots of still shots which are uploading just fine so here we go!
Grampa Tom driving the truck.
Our destination. Grampa said to make sure to tell you all that I helped build the second bin you see way back when I first moved to Nauvoo, about 28 years ago. My career in construction was short lived. I wasn't very good at it.
Grampa stops to take the tarp off the top of the truck.
He gets in line to have the truck probed and weighed.
Grampa says I have to get a picture of the barge filling. He says it's something that is hard to catch.
Here the truck is probed and weighed. The corn will be tested for moisture and contaminates like weed seeds, mold, insects and other factors.
This cute little contraption is where the sample goes. Somehow it measures all this stuff. Think maybe there's a genie in there doing all this work?
Grampa gets in line to dump the truck.
Just a few pictures to try to give you a feel for the massiveness of this place. A camera really can't do it justice.
The doors on the truck are opened and the corn is dumped into a conveyor that will take it to whatever bin it is destined for.
Grampa goes back to have the truck weighed again.
The barge has loaded by now and putts away.
God Bless You All!
~ Grama Sue
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