o/t traveling fron Tn to Salt Lake City next week

What's to see on the way. Are there any crops being harvested? Any tractor shows? Thanks in advance.

That would depend on your route. Wheat harvest is into the northernmost part of Nebraska already. Corn and soybeans aren't ready yet.

If you go I-70 you're only about 40 miles from me.Palisade(grandJunction) Peaches are ready.

700 or more 50yr old tractors and lots of steam engines at Mt.Pleasant Iowa starting thursday 29th thru Labor day look up their site as there are tons of stuff to see and eat north of St Louis I-70 150 mi free way all the way. Largest show of its kind.

Where are you starting from in Tennessee? Most of Iowa is going to be well out of the way anywhere you start from, but Mount Pleasant only adds about 90 miles, if you're not too averse to not running the interstates. From Nashville, Yahoo maps says to go to take I-29 out of Kansas City and then Nebraska route 2 to Lincoln. Don't be afraid of state routes out here, most 2-lane highways have a 60 or 65 MPH speed limit.

Wheat harvest is well up into the Dakota's by now. Corn and beans are way behind up this way due to cool weather, but it's got plenty of moisture when it does warm up!

There's all kinds of little museums out this way to see. In Nebraska there's the homestead museum in Beatrice, military vehicle museum in Lexington, tourist trap (Great River Road Archway) over the highway in Kearney, original Pony Express station in Gothenburg, Traveler's Rest, Lincoln County Historical Museum, Cody Trading Post (tourist trap), and Bailey Yards in North Platte, Pioneer Village in Minden, Stuhr museum of the prairie pioneer in Grand Island.

You don't see much of Nebraska from our only interstate.

If you get the Rand McNally trucker's atlas many museums and attractions are marked.

'Farmalland USA' at Avoca IA,just across the border into Iowa on I-80.Hundreds/Thousands of IH tractors,memorabilia,artifacts,toys........And,there is a "Tractor Widows Lounge" full of dolls for the ladies.Well worth the stop.

Cant tell you about tractor shows HOWEVER ya know the "Grand Circle" of 5 National Parks is right there in Southern and Central Utah BEAUTIFUL

In the SW Corner you have Bryce Canyon and Zion
In central you have Capitol Reef
Then in the east you have Canyonlands and
Arches

Think about it, any of them are worth the trip in my opinion. Google The Utah Grand Circle National Parks

John T

'Colorado National Monument'(now a national park) near GrandJunction on I-70 is 30 miles from the Co/Ut border.US 50 across the southern part of the state is a beautiful drive,lots of agricultural veiws.RockyFord melons are in season,'OlatheSweet' sweet corn is now being harvested at Olathe,Co.beautiful mountain scenery....Black Canyon of the Gunnison at Montrose.If you go through Gunnison,you MUST stop at the 'Pioneer Museumm. Was just on it last week.

Had planned going across OK, TX,NM, AZ taking I 40. Thanks again.

Rantoul, Il Half Century of Progress. Harvesting, plowing and other activities going on. Only about 90 miles from I-70 at Effingham, Il by way of I-57.
Take a peek here.

I-80 across Iowa goes to Salt lake. Big show in Ill then down 45mi south to Mt Pleasant then back up to 80 again then Avoca I-H Then Warps in Neb tons of tractors and shows on the way to Salt Lake all on I-80.

I don"t know how he is for time and all, but that adds another 150 miles or so. Not that it matters as he is going the southern route.

IF he was going that way and trying to save miles he wouldn't hit 80 til Lincoln.