View of the day-Massey's lined up in a field outside Gettysburg...apparently they line them up down here...
After getting the camper all battened down, we hooked it and the shop trailer up and left Hamill at 10:30am.
We got to Highmore and stopped to pick up some extra fuel filters from the Case dealer...he happened to be in on a Sunday...imagine that. We also ran into another harvester that we had last seen in Frederick, Oklahoma and had a good gab with him before grabbing a quick snack for the road.
We made Gettysburg in good time, got the Freight parked by the General and then went to the campground to get the camper set up. Once the A/C was pumping, we were just leaving to unload everything when the farmer showed up on the step to let us know it was testing 12.9% moisture so it was go time.
The temperature was getting up into the high 80's and it felt like the humidity was about the same...it was really awful trying to get everything unloaded without passing out. We finally got unloaded, then headed out to the field, stopping at the gas station to fuel up the combine on the way out...again.
We didn't need our trucks since the farmer had two tandems of his own and was already combining with his John Deere combine, so Marilyn got to go back to the camper to get the dish set up while Al combined.
After the camper was in order, Marilyn picked up some supper to take out to the field...it had been a long time since the snack at Highmore. With the humidity getting higher as the sun sunk lower, it was only a matter of a few rounds before it was time to quit and head back to Gettysburg. We are only five miles from town, so it's not too long of a trip.
Back at the camper Marilyn had the choice of heading over to the motel to get wireless access to do the blog, or get the dial-up functioning at the camper, where we have phone hooked up already...the truck didn't move...and neither did the dial-up...very fast anyway.
High speed tomorrow...
We made Gettysburg in good time, got the Freight parked by the General and then went to the campground to get the camper set up. Once the A/C was pumping, we were just leaving to unload everything when the farmer showed up on the step to let us know it was testing 12.9% moisture so it was go time.
The temperature was getting up into the high 80's and it felt like the humidity was about the same...it was really awful trying to get everything unloaded without passing out. We finally got unloaded, then headed out to the field, stopping at the gas station to fuel up the combine on the way out...again.
We didn't need our trucks since the farmer had two tandems of his own and was already combining with his John Deere combine, so Marilyn got to go back to the camper to get the dish set up while Al combined.
After the camper was in order, Marilyn picked up some supper to take out to the field...it had been a long time since the snack at Highmore. With the humidity getting higher as the sun sunk lower, it was only a matter of a few rounds before it was time to quit and head back to Gettysburg. We are only five miles from town, so it's not too long of a trip.
Back at the camper Marilyn had the choice of heading over to the motel to get wireless access to do the blog, or get the dial-up functioning at the camper, where we have phone hooked up already...the truck didn't move...and neither did the dial-up...very fast anyway.
High speed tomorrow...
1 comment:
Hello Al and Marilyn! I enjoyed meeting you in Kansas. I have set up my own blog now! It's not as pretty as yours yet, but I'm working on it. I have to make a few more adjustments and it will be ready to go. I check your block every few days or so. I will be heading back to Kentucky at the end of the week. I wish I could go to South Dakota and Montana instead, but my day job beckons.
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