November 10, 2008

View of the day-Snow drifted into the corn...no combining today.

We were up early for coffee, thanks to the phone call Al got from Jeff in Minot. Apparently, the bill of sale didn't go with him when he left and it was something he needed to get the trailer across into Canada. With no fax machine on the farm, Marilyn called up to the dealer and had him fax a copy to the hotel where Jeff was staying, then he was on his way home. He only had a short delay as the customs officer...not the "bad" one...went through some of the toy boxes before letting him continue on.

Al went out to start the pickup to clean the ice and snow that had covered it while we were away. After it was warmed up enough to clear the windshield, we went into Jamestown to see about a change of size on Al's jacket and to pick up some last minute things at Walmart.

We stopped off at the bar to pay our food tab, then Al dropped Marilyn off at the farm to get started with the final packing and rearranging so everything would fit in the pickup for the trip home, while he stopped at Mikes to pick up his toys that had been shipped there. With both of us suffering from colds...sore throats, croaky voices, and head colds, a nap was in order...probably more for the fact that Marilyn didn't get to sleep until 3am. Anything to avoid packing.

And packing was all Marilyn did for the rest of the night while Al got his receipts in order and watched the Monday Night Football game. Jeff had reported that the road between Carrington and Minot was pretty bad with icy ruts, so it was slow going.

And we get to travel it tomorrow...