Lew, all I can say is that I hope they had something else growing there! Maybe they had already harvested the grains from that stuff and were taking the rest in for animal feed over the winter.
Tomorrow we should hit the northernmost point of our trip. Unfortunately there's no time left to touch the actual Mongolian border :( 2010-08-30
Expected to find grassland up here, but that (along with actual Mongolians apparently) has been wiped out and replaced w/ cultivated fields. 2010-08-30
Also finally got off national highway 110! Now making way east on dirt roads. Camping in field of sunflowers tonight with mountain backdrop. 2010-08-30
Wind settled down and road conditions was paved. Evan was sick but we finally got over 100km, which we need to average back to Beijing! 2010-08-30
Is that a titanic irrigation rig? To grow grass? If so, no wonder they’re trying to suck South China dry.
Lew, all I can say is that I hope they had something else growing there! Maybe they had already harvested the grains from that stuff and were taking the rest in for animal feed over the winter.