Can somebody please explain this poem?

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DRIVING WESTERN ROADS

Saskatchewan 14
What makes this grey and yellow autumn
Unendurable isn’t the dried thistles
In the right of way not the rusted cars
By old farmhouses shedding their grazing
It’s the one thin donkey intently grazing
In what looks like a field of bare earth

Local Attractions
Wainwright had the world’s biggest buffalo
But I couldn’t see it from the bus
So I can’t say if it was alive or dead
Cut Knife had the world’s biggest tomahawk
The Indians in front of the pool hall surely knew
Where it’s kept but the bus drove right past them
The world’s biggest decorated easter egg
can be seen from the road at Vegreville
Keep your eyes on the stripe and you’ll miss it

No Stopping on Shoulder
Passing through Hillsboro
We saw a fence full of morning glories
Their faces open to the east
We gave them just the right interval –
some splendors should be glimpsed –
by dropping down to second gear
then easing back to third and fourth
We knew that the sun they faced
would be waiting for us in the west

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Saskatchwan Highway 14:
"Highway 14 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchwan.  It runs from the intersection of Idylwyld Drive and 22nd Street in downtown Saskatoon, westward to the Albertan border where it becomes Highway 13.  It is approximately 261 km (162 miles) long."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatchewan_Highway_14

Wainwright, AB:  Buffalo Statue:
"Deemed 'Canada's largest buffalo.' Wainwright's Buffalo Statue and symbol was erected just off the highway on Main Street in July 1965 in memory of the great buffalo herds that roamed Buffalo National Park."

http://www.wainwright.ca/visitors/attractions.shtml

Cut Knife, SK:  World's Largest Tomahawk:
"Constructed in 1971 as a symbol of cooperation among local cultures.  The tipi, a traditional First Nations shelter, symbolizes respect, humility, faith, and sharing.  The Tomahawk, or stone tool, was used to build and create as well as for a weapon.  It was recorded by the Guiness Book of World Records as the World's Largest Tomahawk.  The Tomahawk is situated at the south end of Tomahawk Park on the west side of Cut Knife."

http://www.cmmmcutknife.ca/Home/our-collections/the-world-s-largest-tomahawk

Vegreville, AB:  The World's Largest Easter Egg:
"Vegreville, Canada, is the site of the largest Easter egg in the world.  The Easter egg or Ukrainian 'Pysanka,' was constructed in 1975 to commemorate early Ukrainian settlements in an area east of Edmonton."

http://www.tabloidcolumn.com/easter-egg.html

I couldn't find a Hillsboro online but I did find a Hillsborough Estates neighbourhood in Edmonton from a road atlas.  All these places of interest mentioned in the poem are basically along the road from Saskatoon, SK, to Edmonton, AB.

Hope this helps.  :)

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