Our group's crop tour, (affectionately named Jim squared) will begin Tuesday June 21. We will leave Champaign Illinois and arrive that night in Iowa City (via Keokuk, IA). On Wednesday we will wander from Iowa City through exotic locals such as Belle Plaine, IA, Eldora IA, Auburn, IA and wind up in Omaha, NE. On Thursday our journey will take us up the Eastern side of NE to Sioux City IA and then to Mankato, MN to our rest area of La Crosse, WI. Friday we will venture through Southern WI and down to center of IL to our Point of Beginning in Champaign. All told we expect to travel over 1,500 miles in at least 5 states.
Trip protocol is not exact yet, but we are thinking about stopping every 100-150 miles to take a random stand count and height measurement. We will of course be snapping pictures of the best looking fields and the worst. We should see the Mississippi a couple of times and the Missouri River a couple of times. Our objective is to get a good handle on the crops (mostly corn) in the Western Cornbelt.
Our only hard and fast rule is that we will eat no fast food on the entire trip. The droid will guide our meals sort of like Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.
Please check back throughout the week as we explore the west!
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