Yesterday was a day of rest and reflection after spending several hours on the road. Before we left South Bend, Grammie wanted to go to a yarn shop so away we went. As he often sometimes does, Tom sits out in the car and catches up with sports on the ipad. After a couple of minutes, he notices a man sitting in the next car over who is probably taking a breather too. Tom grabs the short list of yarn shops to visit that Grammie has written down and goes over to the other car. The guy rolls down his window and Tom says if you give me 5 bucks, I won't show this list to your wife. He thought that was funny and before we left, having shared travel experiences while traveling and visiting yarn/quilt shops, it was already past noon and time to head to Moline.
Today we went into town and visited the John Deere Pavilion. It is sort of a mini showcase of the newest in John Deere tractors and also of the Deere family and the business. The John Deere Corporate headquarters are also in Moline.
Even though Grammie is popular on this blog, as you can see, she isn't the biggest wheel in town.
A wood harvester that has 6 legs and crawls rather than rides along the ground. This allows the operator to work on side hills and move the rig higher or lower too.
Grammie sitting in the temperature controlled cab of a tractor with a hay roller behind. $$$$$$
Grammie is sitting in the cab of a John Deere 670 Combine.
The newest tractor to come along is the Autonomous Tractor that is capable of operating by itself night and day. It uses GPS technology to travel where ever it needs to. It has the capability of moving around an obstacle in it's path, will call you on the phone if it is getting low on fuel and even will drive back to the pump and return after fueled up. If it is spraying an orchard and is running low on fuel or spray, it will stop spraying, return to the farm for more chemicals, then return to the same spot and continue.
In the building next door there was a gift shop. This panograph pic shows a nice assortment of farm vehicles (toys).
Moline is a city that is undergoing rejuvenation with old brick buildings being repaired and repurposed.
We found a Microbrewery that has polish sausage with onions and sauerkraut.
The Deere family were very generous and over the years have donated land around the area to the city. The TPC Deere Run’s golf course is built on the site of a former Arabian horse farm.
John Deere Corp donates land
Before we did a tour of the John Deere Symposium, Tom wanted to tour the land donated by the John Deere property. Tom thought that is was a nice piece of property.
Flags at half staff honoring "The King"
After Tom finished the round of golf, a turkey wanted to know how he did.
Thanks for keeping an eye out for Grammie.
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