Woke up this morning to watch Alan feed the new born calf. Its mother died several days after its birth and the other mothers in the field do not have enough milk to share with this little fella. Alan is an ex iron worker from Chicago, but after fifteen knee surgeries now teaches high school, takes care of his farm, and hosts foreign exchange students with his wife Anne.
Saw some amazing stuff today. For the last thirty miles the landscape was flat as a coin and barely populated. Eventually realized this flat expanse was artificially created by a levee that separated it from the Mississippi river. I eventually joined a road that ran on the levee itself. For two hours cruised on an elevated road with the river to the left and the plains to the right. What's more, only saw three cars this entire time, and averaged 13-18mph in the flatland.
Last event of note was the coal deposits. Describing the picture below, each train car goes into the white building and the coal is dumped. This black gold gets deposited in enormous ten story piles around the depot. The bridge in the foreground is a ramp that pulls the coal from the piles, across the levee and into barges on the river. Its good to know the coal that tormented me throughout Kentucky was not just being driven in circles for my pleasure.
You didn't offer yourself up to feed the little guy? You can milk anything with nipples ya know..
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