July 30

View of the day-Al dumping one of the last loads of winter wheat in the bins at the elevator.

Mission accomplished! We finished the winter wheat today. We actually got rolling around 10:30am, and went all day without any breakdowns.

Al was making it back to the field in good time so he would get to drive the combine for part of the load. His cell phone was keeping him pretty busy with calls from ND farmers looking for harvesters. We always send posters up to the elevators in the area's we will be passing through and have gotten good results.

Al also talked to the agriculture reporter for our local hometown radio station CJGX 940 in Yorkton. He has called in for the past few years to give a harvest update on the custom run. If you're in the area you can probably hear him sometime this week during the ag report, they also have a live feed on the internet and you can listen online at http://www.gx94radio.com/.

We got started in on the spring wheat and managed to get a couple of rounds done before the straw got too tough. The farmer had broken the hub on one of the wheels on his swather and he was trying to get parts in a hurry so Marilyn doesn't have the chance to catch up to him on the next field. We hope he does get it fixed tomorrow because we won't be able to cut it straight with our header 140 miles away. Two fields to go.

There is light at the end of the tunnel...