July 3

View of the day-Postcards from the edge-Al writes a couple of postcards while waiting for the grain to dry.

Once again it was humid, but the clouds burned off a bit earlier than usual. We headed out to the field after lunch and did a test, it was 15.6% so we had a bit of a wait, time to service and wash windows. We got to start around 2:30pm and finished the field we were on and moved 1/4 mile west to start another one. It was really dry and was being saved for seed, so Al had a change of scenery by hauling to the bins instead of the elevator.

Al only had two loads go to the elevator, and was looking forward to the "free gifts" the local radio station was giving out at their on location report from the elevator. His first load was too early and his second load had him pulling into the elevator as they were pulling out. No treats for Al this time.

We worked until 10:30, when the straw got too tough and started piling up against the standing grain. The straw would pile up at the end of the header making it hard to cut and leaving "normies", the few stalks of grain that are left standing after cutting 30.5 feet with at 30 foot header. Still we got in 60 acres today, a long way from the 100 acre days of Oklahoma, but at least we are rolling.

The fireworks are getting set off early, so we can't tell the celebrations from the gunshots.

The real show will be tomorrow...