I Love John Deere

So on my trip I had the privilege of going on a tour of the John Deere West Des Monies Works factory. I can honestly say that those two hours are some of the greatest of my life. I was beyond a kid in a candy store. If you know me you understand. My dad is a small engine mechanic who works on John Deere's all the time. So I grew up around them and he passed his love of these beautiful machines down to me. So you can start to get the picture. I was wide eyed and all ears as i went through this factory. I used all five of my senses to take everything in. I didn't want to miss a thing. I can close my eyes and picture everything in my mind. The sights the sounds even the smells of the different areas. We had the two best tour guides ever, Herald and George. Two old retired John Deere workers who knew "almost" everything there is to know. Too give you an idea of what there are like our tour started with them arguing over who got to drive the tractor this time. Yes we were pulled around by a tractor as we rode in hay waggons. I'm sure I sound like a total nerd but I don't care.

This is Sprayatron and he is a transformer. He is total 100% bad ass and you wouldn't want to run into him anywhere. He is probably one of my favourite pieces of John Deere equipment. Just the way he looks makes you think he is going to transform and destroy something. It was cool to see him getting made starting from just a bunch on blocks of steel all the way into this. I want one of these so bad. It would be awesome to be able to climb up his stairs and take him for a drive. I would never want to get out of him. I would bring a pillow and sleeping bad and live in him forever. Together we would take over the world.

I'm Back

Wow it's been awhile since I have blogged. A lot has happened since my last post. New jobs, new friends and a trip to Iowa. Yes that's right I said Iowa that wasn't a typo. Why Iowa you may ask. Well it is simple my sister and I have friends who live there and have wanted to go visit them for six years now. We finally just said lets go so we booked our tickets and went. Leading up to this trip I wasn't excited at all. I think I had just too much going on around me for me to focus on this trip. I honestly didn't know what to expect. Most people go away to big cities like London or New York or going to tropical paradises. But here I was going to Des Monies Iowa. Before I went I couldn't tell you where the hell that was on a map and truthfully I still can't. So lets just say it is around the middle of nowhere USA. The trip getting there wasn't the smoothest. Our second flight out of Denver was very bumpy. We hit turbulence right after take off and let me tell you when you are still ascending and all of a sudden you fall a few hundred feet it is a very freaky thing. But I did get to experience weightlessness for a couple of seconds. Iowa is a pretty place and we went right when the leave had just turned colour which made everything that much more prettier. The weather was perfect sunny but cool which for me means t-shirt, shorts and Crocs weather. The whole trip was an adventure. Somewhere new and exciting for me to explore. Yes it was a huge culture shock for me but mid west America is someplace you have to experience. I could even see myself living in Iowa on a big piece of land far enough away from the city that I would be secluded but still close enough that I could have the big city experience when I wanted. I would grow corn and pumpkins and have lots of pigs. I would drive my John Deere equipment all day long and be very happy. I would play in the snow in the winter and chase tornados in the summer then lay in the field at night and watch the fireflies.  Iowa I will be back!

Nothing runs like a Deere

Not many people know this about me but I have a love for John Deere. Call it the redneck in me if you want but ever since I can remember I have been in love with tractors and lawn mowers. I know I get it from my dad who spends his days fixing them. He comes home and tells me all about the latest toys he gets to work on and I stand there wide eyed soaking in every word. I will never forget going to his work as a little boy and him letting me sit in all the machines. I thought my dad had the coolest job in the world and I still think he does. I know a lot about lawn mowers. All the different makes and models, but nothing gets me more excited than a John Deere. I can't really pin point why, maybe it's the green and yellow, maybe it's something subconscious or maybe it's all the hats my dad has brought home for me. But what ever it is it is in me for ever. Some people dream about cars some about trucks but I dream about John Deere tractors. If I ever won the lottery the first thing I would buy myself is the biggest John Deere they make. I would give up my car and drive that baby everywhere I go. I would go around cutting peoples lawns just to play with my toy and I would be the happiest kid in the world.