October 12

View of the day-The combine rests in Pingree, ND. Tomorrow the header goes on and hopefully the sunflowers are ready.

Another really early morning, we wanted to get up early to see Gordie off to school and Al figured if he had Marilyn rolling, he might as well take advantage of it.

We left Carlyle around 8:30am and made it to the border after stopping once to check on the rad hose fix job. Apparently it wasn't tight enough, but you couldn't tell when the truck was just idling in the yard. One it got up to pressure with a load, it was leaking quite profusely. We tightened it up and forged on.

The Canadian side was really busy, a couple were returning with a brand new camper they had bought in the US and had a bit of paper work to do. There were semis hauling grain, cattle or pigs and there looked to be a hunter or two. We better hit it early when we come back or there could be a wait, what with all the bargains to be had with the exchange rate being what it is.

On the US side, it was business as usual as they stamped our forms, checked the equipment and sent us on our way. We stopped at Kenmare for fuel and lunch, and to retighten the hose clamp, then it was back on the road until we reached Carrington. We stopped at the Case dealer to pick up a couple of idler pulleys for the rotary screen...they only had one, then drove the 25 miles out to the farm.

Once we got in the yard, we unloaded the combine then hooked up the trailer and parked it out in the back away from the traffic zone. We went to check in at the house and got caught up with some of the latest happenings in the area. The farmer was out combining corn with his machine, so Marilyn dragged Al the 20 miles into Jamestown for the Walmart fix...a lot of things were forgotten in the rush to pack, so we had to replenish. We stopped for supper at Arby's then picked up some groceries.

Back at the Casa, it was unpacking time...this load was much easier that the one we left at home. After cleaning up a bit it was time to blog, but this time it had to get done on the local computer since there is no wireless internet here.

Yet...