When we set out from Wichita the morning after Boxing Day, the sky was full of drones and geese. Just one drone that we saw, a little one taking off from the Air Force base next to the Boeing plant by the Kansas Turnpike, but like geese, if you see one you can be sure there are others close by. My son and I once saw a next-gen stealth bomber landing there as we drove through in the early morning light, a flying wing like the ones they brought Opa here to build for them after the the war. Machines that mimic nature to keep it under our control.
A book that I’d recommend is The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, a visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways by Earl Swift, which is an interesting look at the history of how those highways came to be. I hadn’t heard that they’re highways for invasive plants, though.
My wife and I love spotting the hawks as we drive between here and PA to visit her family. They perch at a fixed distance between one another, which we’ve always found interesting.
I love seeing all these things through your eyes--the things we've done, the people we've been and who we are now.
A book that I’d recommend is The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, a visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways by Earl Swift, which is an interesting look at the history of how those highways came to be. I hadn’t heard that they’re highways for invasive plants, though.
My wife and I love spotting the hawks as we drive between here and PA to visit her family. They perch at a fixed distance between one another, which we’ve always found interesting.
Fascinating read! It has so many dimensions I’ll need to reread it.
Thanks. WB