Finally it’s
warm enough and light enough for an early morning bike ride.
In only a few
minutes I am out of town and on a farm road where the only traffic…
…is a school bus
and an occasional pickup truck.
Farmers are
getting their equipment ready.
Soon they will
be planting the thousands of acres of rich volcanic farm land.
The ridge in the background is the rim of one
of many extinct volcanoes in the area.
If the weather
cooperates this view will soon be fields green with potatoes and grain crops.
Now if I can
just get back to town before the five minute rush hour hits.
love those tank-like tractor tires.!
ReplyDeleteFantastic shadow in your first photo, Leenie! Great wide-open country!
ReplyDeleteLove the landscape! I've been to Idaho once...22 years ago, but in the part where I was told "they don't grow potatoes here!" :)
ReplyDeleteWhat humongous tractor/tires!
Such a wide open view!
ReplyDeleteGreat photos Leenie - such wide open landscapes - guess you have to choose the days to ride your bike. Was going to say because it would get very windy. If that is the case much of the topsoil must blow away right?
ReplyDeleteWind is a big factor on when I like to ride. Mornings are about the only time of day when we don't have wind. The reason we have the deep soil in this locations is because we are downwind of a wide flat plain and just in front of the Grand Teton Mountains. Sometimes before the dirt is tied down with crops the blowing dust can actually close down traffic on Interstate 15.
ReplyDeleteVery interested in your rush hour.
ReplyDelete:-)
I would love to spend a moment or two in this kind of quiet... Because I live in a city, most of my vacations are taken in the country, and I am always amazed at what an enormous sky is out there, and how very quiet it can become.
Pearl
YEA Farming season is starting!!!
ReplyDeleteI am so impressed that you are part of Pat Leimbach's book...she needs your photos and art work also!!!
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
http://deltacountyhistoricalsociety.wordpress.com
Wow, What a long and wide way !
ReplyDeleteI want to follow you and the yellow school bus by bicycle.ヾ(・o・*)ｼ
The promise of things to come.
ReplyDeleteWow, so much space! It's clear you live in a wonderful part of the world.
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