tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729166837877316238.post7160894155750792488..comments2024-02-22T04:38:15.816-06:00Comments on Thoughts from a Route 66 Business Owner: Hay!Laurelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03664721949113509873noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729166837877316238.post-89271503008214594482009-06-29T09:39:41.959-05:002009-06-29T09:39:41.959-05:00I was raised on a farm north of Nowata, OK. As a b...I was raised on a farm north of Nowata, OK. As a boy, I hauled a LOT of those small square bails. They weigh between 60-100 pounds each, depending on the type of grass from which they're made. And, they are hauled when it's 110 degrees in the shade and there's no shade. Sometimes you'll move a bail and there's a snake under it, trying to escape the sun. I've walked through bumble bee hives. I remember once we dumped half a trailer load of hay in Coffeyville, KS, right in the middle of the intersection of Highway 169/166. We reloaded it, drove a few miles down 169, almost to South Coffeyville, OK, and dumped the same half again!<br /><br />I feel whoever invented the large round bail deserves a holiday in his/her honor! You just need a tractor with a spear and a trailer, and you can haul a winters supply of hay in a couple of afternoons and hardly break a sweat.Trevor Hiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10216077170526370999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729166837877316238.post-32138200569603920962009-06-28T19:41:20.062-05:002009-06-28T19:41:20.062-05:00Great Pictures :o)Great Pictures :o)Ken Richeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425810816600512504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729166837877316238.post-50762122153681756732009-06-28T18:54:15.577-05:002009-06-28T18:54:15.577-05:00Most of the hay bales we see around here now are t...Most of the hay bales we see around here now are the cylindrical kind. I kind of like them. The roundness against the flat land is sort of pleasing to my eye.<br /><br />Great shot of the Oasis sign--I see they included a boomerang!<br /><br />Elkhart is the next town over from us--I used to live there, and have relatives there!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149068921334726430noreply@blogger.com