We are on the road again! We are shooting straight north with the ultimate goal of Adams, MN and the home of the Dale Bissen family. Dale is Elly (Bissen) Anderson’s brother. Well, one of many brothers. We are heading north to join the Bissen family for one of their annual tractor shows/rides. The family members are serious collectors of older Ford tractors and between the father and his many sons the collection numbers eighty or so. Close friends Curt and Elly Anderson have been attending these for years and Curt now has his own restored Ford tractor that he drives in these rides. This is the heartland of America, folks. And these people are the bedrock this country is founded on.
My ancestors were farmers up until my grandfather broke away and became an engineer. My father was an airline pilot, so I am two generations removed from the earth. Granted there was the occasional family reunion on cousin’s farms, but for the most part I am a city kid and I look forward to touching, in some small way, the roots of my heritage. OK, my ancestors did not have tractors. It is the people I want to be close to.
The first three days of this trip are pretty much travel days. We held up short of Atlanta today because to get past the city would have been too long a day. We elected to stop in Jackson, GA located midway between Macon and Atlanta. We will delay our departure in the morning a bit to get on the backside of Atlanta rush hour.
We are staying in Forest Glen Campground right on I-75. It is a nice campground that seems to cater to transients like us, but there are some folks here that appear to be semi-permanent. We pulled in around five and started dinner. Despite tonight’s wine, we will be on our way north by nine in the morning.
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