{"id":13026,"date":"2019-03-07T21:58:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T21:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/?p=13026"},"modified":"2019-01-15T21:59:44","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T21:59:44","slug":"whats-that-river-over-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/?p=13026","title":{"rendered":"What’s That River Over There?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I do kind of miss paper maps, but I think I would have had a hard time finding maps that had enough detail to find some of the places I had to find. For instance, just before I ended up here, I once again found myself in the middle of nowhere. Oh, it was a farm, and there was even a grain bin, but it wasn’t what I was looking for. There was no one to ask; I guess they were all out working in the fields.<\/p>\n

The facility I was trying to find had a phone number on the card and someone actually answered when I called. They gave me directions and I found them right next to this river. Unfortunately, they had a sign up prohibiting taking photos, so I can’t show you it, but they loaded the grain right into barges.<\/p>\n

“What’s that river?” I asked the worker who gave me the sample. “The Mississippi,” was the response. I sure felt silly! I had forgotten where I was. Well, with all the zipping around I’d been doing, it’s a miracle I remembered what state I was in. (I was still in Missouri.)<\/p>\n

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With this intriguing sign, I had to investigate further.<\/p>\n

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It turns out that it lead to a ferry landing. I spoke to a few travelers who were waiting for the ferry to come. I think that was Tennessee on the other side.<\/p>\n

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After a bit, the ferry started across.<\/p>\n

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It’s getting closer.<\/p>\n

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They docked and the vehicles on board prepared to roll off.<\/p>\n

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Then the folks I had been chatting with rolled aboard and they got ready to head back across the Mississippi.<\/p>\n

I took off and got ready to hit a few more facilities before close of business. With all the wheat I had been collecting, I wondered where it was. I finally found a field.<\/p>\n

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Look at those amber waves of grain!<\/p>\n

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I had to take a close up of the spike. The funny thing is that I wasn’t sure of the name of this part of the plant – in English. I knew it as “espiga” in Spanish, and I knew it translated to spike, but I never heard that term used in English. I finally broke down and looked it up<\/a>. In addition to being called the spike, it’s also called the “ear” or “head.”<\/p>\n

Somehow, I got turned around and ended up crossing the river into Illinois.<\/p>\n

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The Corp of Discovery sure did get around!<\/p>\n

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The river beds get around, too. This is a marker for a place that is in the Ohio River. I wonder how I missed that river?<\/p>\n

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But, it was time to head back across the river. Maybe I could find one more facility before close of business.<\/p>\n

And, no, the next place I stayed was not as nice as the Motel 6 in Poplar Bluff.<\/p>\n

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