World's Largest Pecan in Brunswick, MO
June 23, 2008
We woke to another beautiful day. We have graduated to shorts and short sleeves. The sun is already hot here in Richmond, MO, the mushroom capitol. We turned on to US24 and east of Dewitt we turned on a small road, crossed the railroad tracks and kept goint to what we thought was going to a boatramp on the Missouri River, it went into a corn field and on the levee instead. This is pecan area. We came into Brunswick, found the city park and had breakfast then we drove through town. Lewis and Clark were camped here June 13, 1804 at the confluence of the Grand and Missouri Rivers. We past James Pecan's Farm where we saw the world’s largest pecan weighing in at 12,000 pounds. Some people like covered bridges, we favor metal ones like the one coming into Keytesville, MO. Signs: Pecans, Pecans and Produce, Pecans and Cattle, Pecans and Buffalo Meat. In Moberly we pulled into the Scholastic Packaging Facility. Now anyone who has anything to do with education has heard of Scholastic. We walked up to the door and had to pick up a phone and talk with a receptionist inside the large building somewhere. Kathy explained who we were and she invited us in. She made a call and out came a young man who told us they do not do anything for the public, have nothing for to give us such as a brochure, and nothing to even tell us their business at this facility, sorry. We left. We walked out wondering what has become of our world.
We pulled in to the Mark Twain Lake Boat Access area sponsored by the Army Corp of Engineers and spent the rest of the evening. We had some dinner, sang a few songs, watched the little fishing boats, walked out to th dock, played some Hatch and Will showed Kathy how to dive. We pulled to the back of the large parking lot for the night.
We woke to another beautiful day. We have graduated to shorts and short sleeves. The sun is already hot here in Richmond, MO, the mushroom capitol. We turned on to US24 and east of Dewitt we turned on a small road, crossed the railroad tracks and kept goint to what we thought was going to a boatramp on the Missouri River, it went into a corn field and on the levee instead. This is pecan area. We came into Brunswick, found the city park and had breakfast then we drove through town. Lewis and Clark were camped here June 13, 1804 at the confluence of the Grand and Missouri Rivers. We past James Pecan's Farm where we saw the world’s largest pecan weighing in at 12,000 pounds. Some people like covered bridges, we favor metal ones like the one coming into Keytesville, MO. Signs: Pecans, Pecans and Produce, Pecans and Cattle, Pecans and Buffalo Meat. In Moberly we pulled into the Scholastic Packaging Facility. Now anyone who has anything to do with education has heard of Scholastic. We walked up to the door and had to pick up a phone and talk with a receptionist inside the large building somewhere. Kathy explained who we were and she invited us in. She made a call and out came a young man who told us they do not do anything for the public, have nothing for to give us such as a brochure, and nothing to even tell us their business at this facility, sorry. We left. We walked out wondering what has become of our world.We pulled in to the Mark Twain Lake Boat Access area sponsored by the Army Corp of Engineers and spent the rest of the evening. We had some dinner, sang a few songs, watched the little fishing boats, walked out to th dock, played some Hatch and Will showed Kathy how to dive. We pulled to the back of the large parking lot for the night.
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