My husband and I enjoy taking road trips. We have traveled many roads over the years, sharing amazing experiences such as seeing rattlesnakes sunning themselves on dirt roads in Arizona, crossing snowy mountain passes under moonlit skies, or watching fire tankers scoop up water from the Columbia River.
In the summertime, one of our favorite reasons for hitting the road is stopping at fruit stands to buy fresh melons, corn, peaches, nectarines, tomatoes — well, the list goes on. On a recent trip, we stopped at a farm near Hermiston, Ore., and found beautiful, fresh-picked watermelons, cantaloupe and corn. Yum!
Bringing a bounty of farm-to-table fruits and vegetables to our home isn’t the only perk of our summer road trips. We love driving past miles of farmland, trying to identify what’s growing in fields of green, marveling at the acres of agriculture planted and tended to by farmers.
It’s easy to take for granted where our food comes from, but seeing the expanse of land devoted to fruits, vegetables, nuts and grains is a reminder that it takes hard work, time and money to supply fresh food to stores.
