Huge Spaces

More than once, my mouth burst forth with what some consider to be a Canadian expletive (I'm no longer a missionary!) as I would come over another rolling hill, only to have the full extent of my vision filled with yet more rolling fields of grain and hay - seemingly with no end!

I was not disappointed with the sight, but rather, very much in awe! It just kept coming - more of the same, yellow fields just harvested or ripe for the harvest. Don't ask me what they were (tho I could recognize when there were sunflowers in the field), but of one thing I'm certain - no garden tractor was used to harvest those fields! I wondered at whether it was possible for a single family to own such a large expanse, or what this the corporate farming I have heard so much about...

I now have some inkling of an idea what is meant by Big Sky. Truly, that's what I see so much of! The scenery is amazing, as is the bright and sunny sky! Anyone who can contemplate that there's no God just plain doesn't get it! It's clear to see, if you want to accept it, that this was put in place for our pleasure and to initiate awe for a great and powerful God!

I was very impressed with the scenery in Minot. It's obvious why people moved into that area! Gorgeous rolling hills, with a river running through it. I could live there - for the scenery... My mind kept going to wind power. I wonder why there are not more wind turbines in this area. surely, they have plenty of wind!

Another impression of mine is that everywhere I went, at each little house or trailer, there was a power line attached! It actually came as a surprise to me that a power company would go thru all the trouble of running a power line to a single building out in seemingly the middle of nowhere! Surely, they cannot expect the cost of providing power to pay for itself any time soon! Again, an indication of how Americans look at the bigger picture and see how each person is a player in a big team of Capitalism that keeps the economy and country going...