Getting Potatoes

Oct. 4, 2012
 The APU now is totally dead. I fixed coffee in our little pot, Van started the truck and just as the final gurgle of hot water went thru the filter the truck died. (it's supposed to do that.)
  We got permission and directions where to take the truck to get the filter changed on the APU. An hour and $300.00 later we were back on the road. (they pay not us)
 This time we are headed to San Luis, Colorado to a potato farm to pick up bulk potatoes.   We have a box how can we pick up bulk potatoes?
 I guess we'll find out IF we can find the potato farm. Now the guy did give us fair warning...
"Get a biiiiig piece of paper"
 These are the exact directions:
 take 285 to Romeo Colorado,
Turn R on 142  22 miles to San Acacio, CO
turn Left on cr road 12 N
Left on cr X (no markings on that road what so ever) so 10 miles later we are finding roads AA BB CC DD  so we stopped. and called again, remember the house with the blue roof? you mean ten miles back?? yup that's the one. yeah right we are gonna make a U-turn around on a two lane dirt road... with that same 53 ft trailer.
Van said don't mention the mailbox we ran over as he backed into a dirt lane.
 (we didn't knock it down we barely scraped it, it was still standing.)
 now its Right on CR X (at the house with a blue roof)
 Right on cr 10
 Left on  cr Z and go 2 and half miles...
 It was really interesting, a truck came from the field, a conveyor belt pulled the potatoes off the truck, shook the potatoes, rolled them onto another shaking conveyor belt to shake more dirt off, another belt caught the dirt and loaded it onto another truck then the shaken potatoes were sprayed into the back of our truck with a huge tube. (Gently dropped not really sprayed.)
 Our trailer was lined with plastic.
 You have to wash your hands  before you touch the product like we are going to touch it... yeah right.
 One man motioned for Van to pull ahead four different times as the truck loaded it. (not to the ceiling only about 5 feet deep). We went to weigh we were right at 79,100 (we can legally weigh 80,000). good enough they shut the doors put a little seal on it and sent us on our way.
to Unload it, they flood our trailer and float the potatoes out. (that was in OKC)

Fort Garland Colorado, we go in Del's Diner, the waitress came right over with menus and asked,
"I have to know, is that your hat?"
 " yes its actually a visor"
 "No is that your hair? The other girl and I disagree, I say its a hat and she says its your hair."
 Van took off his hair hat and they all laughed.
"I bet you get a lot of attention with that hat."

"I bet you're right." Van said.