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(Photos of Farming Equipment, Sugar Beets, Flat Minnesota Scenery and More) - November 14-16, 2007

Minnesota Sugar Beet Farm
Farm Truck
John Deere Tractor
November 14-16, 2007 - After visiting Andrea in Nebraska, I drove northeast to a farm area near Moorehead, Minnesota to see my buddy Mark and his family.

I snapped various photos of his farm, in which sugar beets is his primary crop. Mark had all sorts of large trucks and tractors on his land!

Farm Bins
Farm Truck John Deere Tractor
Yeah baby ...
Farming rocks the house!
Minnesota Farm
Sugar Beet Farm
Farm Bins
Farm Equipment
Farm Bins
Mark has various metal bins for storage of something that he told me about but I forgot. :p)

I climbed to the top of the tallest bin and captured the grand view in the second photo. The beauty of the land in western Minnesota is much more subtle than Colorado's mountains. The wide open spaces, largeness of the sky and simplicity of the terrain has an appeal all to itself.

Minnesota Farm Truck Mark's piece of crap 1976 Ford dump truck died on him right on this dirt road. When the truck stopped, I pulled the dump truck via a rope in a pick-up truck for about five miles to a truck repair business. The fastest I could go was about 10 miles per hour during much of the ride! That was my first farming advenure in a long time! :p)
Old Trucks The farm has all sorts of old beater trucks laying around including these three.

Here are my other truck and car pages:

  • 1955 Chevy Truck
  • 1978 Chevy Truck
  • 1978 Datsun Truck
  • Assorted Truck Pictures
  • Honda CRX Muffler
  • Danger Rotating Pulley Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Farming can be a dangerous business! :(
    Minnesota Farm Road Your typical farm dirt road, taken near Glyndon, Minnesota.
    Trailer Truck
    Dirt Road
    Look at this! I drove one of Mark's huge trailer trucks! :)
    John Deere Tractor
    John Deere Tractor Tractor Wheel
    John Deere Tractor
    Mark also took me for a ride in his newest John Deere tractor.

    That vehicle had a lot of acceleration and very good turning ability. It was my first ride in a tractor ever!

    Minnesota Farm Video Clip

    Minnesota Video Clip

    Here's a video clip that Mark made as I was driving the trailer truck. (1:06 .mpg file)

    Farming Sugar Beets

    Sugar Beet Farmer Sugar Beet Sugar Beet
    Mark is a proud sugar beet farmer who raises this annual crop on hundreds of acres of flat Minnesota farmland. He ventured onto one of his fields and grabbed a stray sugar beet that was not picked up during harvesting. A sugar beet kind of looks like a radish with the inside appearing similar to a raw potato. The inside has a whitish pulp texture. I stuck my tongue to it and it was really sweet ... like sugar. Sugar beets like these, along with sugar cane (grown in tropical areas), are the two plants that provide sugar for humanity. Mark harvests millions of these little sugar beets and this is how he makes his living. Go Mark go!

    Minnesota Sunset
    Extra Minnesota Photos

    A Minnesota sunset.

    Detroit Lakes, Minnesota A visit to Detroit Lakes.
    Bonfire On the last night, Mark and the family had an evening bonfire. There's a picture of my feet near the bonfire.

    It reminded me of my days with the tipi! ;)

    Roger Maris Museum Last but not least, special thanks to Kate for adventuring with me in Fargo, North Dakota. Visiting the Roger Maris Museum was among the highlights from the evening.


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