We’re living in an increasingly fast-paced world, but the Sunrise Optimist Club’s seventh annual Tractor Cruise resisted that notion on Saturday, as a group of 61 riders on 26 tractors drove at 10 to 15 mph from the Missouri State Fairgrounds to Cole Camp, then back to Sedalia via Highways E and B.
Those speeds provide for a different perspective than when driving in a car at 55 mph.
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