View of the day-An Oklahoma canola field just north of Cherokee. Almost like home, but the stalks are quite a bit bigger, not a good place to wear shorts.
2.5 inches of rain...
Guess what we didn't do today. A loud crack of thunder woke us up around 3:30am and shortly after the rain started pouring down and continued right through until around 8:30am. We found out that 2.5 inches fell during that time so we knew we wouldn't be combining for a day or two anyway.
We killed some time in the camper then went out to the sale barn for lunch and then to the NAPA dealer for our daily parts fix. We had to order the two shocks for the General and try to figure out what other part we needed to get the A/C fixed in the pickup. So far we have put in two parts that we really didn't need, or rather, didn't fix the problems.
We came back to the camper and proceeded to listen to the local Yorkton radio station, CJGX 940, on the internet for a while to kill some time. It was time for the local request show so we emailed in a request for "International Harvester" to the farmers at home. It is so nice to be able to find out what is going on at home, it used to be we would only get the local news from a phone call or email...now, it's just like home...have your morning coffee and listen to the news and morning show...and find out the stupid answer to the "ribtickler" that no one could figure out for 6 months. Now, if only we could convince the local paper to "get with it" and have an online version...
And continuing on with all things from Saskatchewan, we are able to watch episodes of the home grown "Corner Gas" here on the Dishnetwork satellite, now that it has been syndicated on the WGN channel. For anyone who lives in a small town, it is a hilarious look at the simple things that affect everyone. Last night's episode had one of the characters deciding to have a blog...made us wonder about a few things. If you get a chance to catch an episode it comes on M-T at 11pm on WGN. You can also do some combine racing at their website!
We needed to do a water run since Marilyn forgot to take the water bottles to Enid to get them filled. We use bottled water in the camper because you never know what kind of water you are getting out of the hose. We made a trip into to Alva Walmart...just for water...and after filling the jugs, decided to take a drive around town to see which harvesters were staying there. We caught up with a harvester that we worked with back at home and had a nice visit, comparing notes before heading back to Cherokee. The trip home was where we came across a couple of canola fields...that's winter canola...they had the best conditions for it this year, we'll see how it turns out.
We also took a trip up the highway north of town to see all the damage that the wind had caused...huge power poles broken off and laying down on the ground...to dark for pictures...maybe tomorrow. Two big bins also bit the dust at the feed lot.
We got back to Cherokee and it was a super-do-nothing night, even though there were a ton of things we could be doing...but, all in good time. At one point we heard a loud explosion...we still don't know what it was, there was no signs of smoke or flames when we went out to look.
We'll find out at coffee row tomorrow...
1 comment:
hey Marilyn, I was on my way home from Moosomin to Yorkton (work) and I heard your request and thought..cool! So gave Pam a quick call - What should we request back? that was a laugh, she doesn't listen to GX 94..what's up with that?? So I had to figure one out myself...just wondering if you heard it or not. It was joe diffy: a love bigger than the beatles....lol thought you would get a chuckle..it was from Paper Bag Players.....have a good one, hope the rain stops for you!
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