View of the day-Wheat pile at Northern Plains Coop in Gettysburg, SD.
The day started with a few sprinkles early in the morning, which led to clouds and humidity and a late start combining. We killed some time for most of the day, chatting to other harvesters and trying without success to get the dish aimed for TV. There's something about the satellite signals here, every year it's the same problem, even the satellite radio is touchy. Oh, well, more time to get caught up on the book work...maybe.
We went out and did a test around 4pm as did a lot of other harvesters, and it was a go for a couple of hours, at least. Then, while Al was in town dumping a load, the sky turned dark and the rain started. The rule of thumb for cutting in the rain (at least for us) - you don't quit until the water is running off the header. Which is what happened, so Marilyn tarped the cart and headed into town.
Al went out to check with the other farmer to find out how his crop was coming along, and Marilyn cleaned up the camper (no maid service on this tour). After a visit from our present farmers and a little online surfing, we call it a night.
Check out this A Day on the Wheat Harvest! video...
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