June 28, 2009

View of the day-It's not all about the red...these John Deeres were working in the next field to us.

We actually slept in a bit since the elevator wasn't going to open up until noon, so after a quick trip to McDonalds, we left for the field. Marilyn serviced the combine and got things ready to move to the next field, while Al got the header trailer hooked up to make the move.

We started moving the combine and header the 10 or so miles to the next field...there was no way we could have moved with the header on...and met the farmer on the way, so he followed us to the field and gave us a ride back for the cart and General. Marilyn drove the cart to the new field and Al took the General in to the Albert elevator to dump the load from last night.

Once we got everything in place at the next field it was business as usual. Al was just so keeping up since this field was yielding 60 bu/ac...it slows down progress but is really great to combine and great news for the farmer. It was another gorgeous day...upper 80's with a hint of wind...perfect for harvesting and no sign of rain.

Desperation had set in and it was either get some laundry done or do some clothes shopping. Al made a point of having everything empty for Marilyn around 8pm and sent her to town to get the laundry done while he filled the cart, then brought the General into Great Bend. He needed to get the tire fixed on it that had gone flat again.

No shopping for Marilyn...