We have been increasingly annoyed not to be able to purchase any of the vegetables we see being grown and harvested in the fields. Oh, there are a few produce stands but aside from wonderful tomatoes, everything looks pretty pitiful. In the local (one) grocery store the green beans were more like the second or third rejects, and the corn on the cob does not look as good as in the supermarkets in Houston!
So, we have concluded that ALL of these vast quantities of green beans and corn are being shipped to Houston and other points ... but are not to be consumed locally. Now, we are talking "small" community here .... as in not many people .... but LOTS of green beans. But not for us. We see big 18 wheeler trucks go by with hundreds of crates of corn on the cob; and we jokingly say "follow that truck".
So..... this morning, on our way to a day long adventure over to Jupiter Lighthouse, we stopped at a traffic light at the edge of town ... and a pickup truck FULL (I mean with side boards on it and piled way high) of ears of corn turned in front of us! Now, I figure following a small pickup truck is way more realistic than following a tractor-trailer to some far off unknown place ..... so I followed him.
Well, he turned off the main road into a residential area; made about three turns. By this time Vera is saying "he knows we're following him"; and I'm thinking we're going to end up in his driveway .... which we did.
I bought two dozen ears of fresh from the field corn. We wondered what he was going to do with that load of corn, why he was backing into his back yard or if it was "hot" ..... but I didn't ask. We just took our corn and left.
Now we are looking for a green bean truck .... If we don't find one we may ask one of you to ship us some green beans from Houston.
Did I mention that all the green bean fields have irrigation canals bordering them ... with alligators in them ?
Haven't tried the corn yet.
Marilyn for the Three Travelers
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