WOW! What a day! First we dug in dirt, then we dug in rocks, then rode around in a bus. Well, its a little better than that...First we took off to an outcrop of loess, the unique soil foundation of the Midwest....followed by a visit to Missouri City, which lies on the banks of the Missouri River, and was the site of a devastating flood back in 1993, that was the costliest in terms of property damage in the history of the US. You can see a picture of a sign showing the water height (about 5 feet) on the opposite side of a raised portion of railroad along side a really wide river.
We the stopped to dig fossils out of an outcropping after visiting a storage area called Subtropolis (Google it!), which is built in an old limestone mine. You actually drive into the mine to the businesses and storage areas inside...lots of pics above... then we capped it all with a side trip around Independence, Missouri, home to Harry Truman. We drove by the library, his house, the ice cream coned shaped Mormom temple, and Harry's statue downtown.
The to cap it off I had a wonderful dinner with a Planting Science partner, Teresa Woods, who is as delightful in person as she is on line handling intenational Skype conferences.
And I got a present for Addison on top of it all...so I am delighted with today. Just wish the lightning hadn't struck the tree at home until I got back....
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