October 17, 2008

View of the day-Al putting in a good day on the soybeans.

We were up early and off to the community cafe to get an egg fix...and mighty fine eggs they were. Back at the farm, Al emptied out the slip tank of fuel into the General and headed out to the field with to get the combine ready to roll...which he did for the rest of the day, making pretty good time and getting 75 acres covered.

Marilyn got to go shopping...at the new Walmart, of course. It is a smaller version of most of the supercenters she's been in, but it was still a Walmart and that's what counts. After stocking up on groceries and stopping at several places to find a new rechargable battery for the grease gun...how convenient that it gets replaced now, when Al is driving combine and has to do the greasing. After getting everything put away back at the farm and throwing a quick snack together for the combine driver, Marilyn headed out to the field to haul some beans.

Al had been combining on his own as the John Deere was getting it's gearbox replaced before it could start combining and the other Case combine was in the process of getting a bearing replaced in the header reel. It looked like that was a major task, with a makeshift block and tackle holding the reel up so they could get at it...and it never did get to combine anything.

Marilyn helped to get the other grain trucks moved to the new field and then filled the General with the beans that were heaped on the grain cart. It was time for Marilyn to haul her first load of grain to the elevator about 10 miles away...and what nice gentlemen there...they even shoveled out the corners. She made it back in time to get one more load in before the elevator closed, then spent the rest of the evening sitting in the pickup, waiting for the two combines to fill the semi...their final goal for the night.

Tomorrow the laptop goes out to the field...