We stopped to see the special folks on the farm in central Washington as we did last year. We used Arnie's Acres RV Park again..... the view is great the location is super and the rate was the same as last year.... can't beat it.
This is space#1 at Arnie's Acres..... a great spot and the owners are such nice folks!
On Wednesday the ladies went shopping and Arnie and I did the important stuff..... we found a large potato farmer harvesting spuds. the machine digs them and places them in the truck for the short trip to the processing center. Digging starts in July and finishes in October.
The spuds are washed and the rocks and debris removed. They then head up the belt to a waiting semi trailer. These potatoes are destined for Frito lay and you may just eat them if you get a bag of Frito Lay chips.
Frito Lay can't handle all the potatoes that are harvested so about half are stored in a cellar....(big barn) and will be delivered after the harvest is completed. The picture shows the mound of spuds they have harvested to store. When the cellar is filled it will have about 500,000 tons of spuds! That's a lot of chips.
We needed the obligatory departure photo..... Arnie, Ginny and me..... plus Lacy the really great dog.
Thanks Arnie and Ginny for everything... We love farming up there.
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