Posted by gab on October 08, 2017 at 18:57:59 from (104.235.94.58):
Took a ride 30 miles west to Jo Daviess Co. Illinois where I grew up/ lived there 40 years. Like to take some back roads through Apple River Canyon St. Park and along the river. Past some windmills, bridge was out at the park but couldn't get a pict. because of cars behind me. Heard the July flood tore up some bridges and there was random piles of river gravel all over. Wife showed me a Facebook video of the old iron bridge with water just below the deck but it stayed put, south side of the next bridge down is gone- it's about a mile from the farm I grew up on, good bass fishing hole above the bridge, used to ride my bike down, bridge was probably built in the early 50s. Pict. with the little shed used to have a saw mill powered by a W something Farmall, maybe a 6, set there for ever, don't know where it went-center of next pic. left of the trees is a machine shed roof and two silos- home farm. Then on RT.20 east, since they widened it it's a lot safer and faster but no where to pull off on the ridges to snap a pict. like there used to be. Then I stopped at the farm, nephew farms it now-- I wanted to see the pond he built probably 8 or 10 years ago. He wasn't there so I walked down to it. He's a busy guy with three semi trucks plus farming. He's got a young gal for a partner and they got two farms rented together, got cows and calves all over and I think she's in charge of the cows and what they feed them for a ration. Always like this old barn, all that's left of an old farmstead, barn gets a new roof next year. was shocked to see some old horse machinery down there, I was supposed to clean that all up over 50 years ago. He built the pond himself, moved the creek and straightened it, had a pipe shoved in the spring crossing the creek and into the pond until the cows knocked it down. He was back from hauling some cows when I got done but they had to go do something on another farm. Only picture I took there was the two silos I hated so bad. Had a lot of equipment setting around, an IH1456, 2 or 3 Masseys, a John Deere, nice looking dozer, couple semis, think one was on the road. And on the way home I saw this Caravan of Dodges, all looked like the same model, Challenger maybe, don't know, must of been over 50 of them. They pulled in behind me and followed about 20 miles until I turned off.
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