July 12, Pittsburgh, KS
We were awakened at 4:30 a.m. by the Backwoods roosters. Pets. No hens. Just three randy guys strutting their stuff around the acreage. One red. One white. One black and white. So John and I got an early start. That was good because the temperature and humidity built into the 90s throughout the day.
On Andy’s advice, we ignored the ACA’s route in favor of a shortcut to Pittsburgh. That took us through Fredonia, a typical small Kansas town that has seen much better days but has retained some of its bygone stature in its impressive buildings and homes. As we looked for the downtown, John, a life-long Californian from the San Francisco Bay area, constantly “Ooohed” and “Aaahed” at the homes and buildings. “Some of these are really old and really great looking,” he said. “In California we’d just knock ‘em down or they get knocked down by earthquakes.”
As I rode through Greenbelt my curiosity forced me to find out what kind of seeds the Beachner Seed Company sells. Kentucky 31 tall fescue. They have more than 7 million pounds stored and ready for shipment east. They also handle lespedeza and brome grass seeds, but not at the Greenbelt plant. Area farmers have planted fescue since the 1940s. They harvest the seed heads in early June and then let cattle eat the remaining stalks.
Now where else in your daily lives are you going to learn such valuable cocktail-conversation facts?
Do they spell Pittsburgh with an "h" or is that just a habit of yours :)
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