View of the day-There should have been a pot of gold in the hopper, but all we got was rain.
First off an apology for those of you who start your mornings with our daily antics...the reason why will be revealed.
The sun was shining and the wind was blowing in the morning, so we just knew we would get going. The farmer raised the limit on the moisture level so we could get going a lot sooner. We took the General out to the field, then came back to get the farmer's semi for back up after the bin was filled. Marilyn went back to the camper to get lunch, while Al took the semi out to the field and started combining. Once Marilyn got back out to the field and took over combining, Al was able to get back to his trucking.
The clouds slowly built throughout the afternoon and eventually it started to sprinkle, but not enough to shut us down...right away, at least. We moved the combine over to the next field and after getting the semi moved over, the skies opened up and enough precipitation fell to put an end to combining for the day.
Al had a meeting in Yorkton at 7pm, so he was just going to leave from the field and Marilyn would combine until the trucks were full, then go back to the camper with the full grain truck. Since neither truck was full, Marilyn decided to just go to Yorkton with Al, so that while he was at his meeting, she could go out to the house and get the blog done early for a change. Ahhh...the road to hell is paved with good intentions... First thing, we are still dealing with dialup...no big deal, at least it is internet. Second hurdle...old desktop does not have a card reader, so no view of the day...that just ain't right, and it just can't be done. Third...the computer is needing a good program cleaning...things collect over time and slow it down. Somewhere in the back of her mind, the thought of taking the laptop when she left the camper just wasn't strong enough, so all the "good" technology was back at Balcarres.
After trying for a good hour (it wasn't really 'good'), she shut everything down, made a few phone calls then went into town to pick Al up after his meeting. By the time we got back to the camper it was already 10:45, the lights were off in the house and there just wasn't time to finish the blog and drive to Ft.QuAppelle. So for the first time since June, we are a day late with the entry.
Sorry if it ruined your breakfast...
1 comment:
I'll say it totally messed up my day - first thing in the morning - see what Al and Marilyn are up to - log on and nothing. What the ???? Second time this has happened. Well, now I guess I can finally have breakfast. I was getting mighty hungry waiting for this blog. Now I can continue on with my day. Whew, glad all that is straightened out. Apology accepted.
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