View of the day-We're back at it again...finally!
We were back at the books again this morning...two months to go to catch up. We had a good feeling about maybe getting to do a bit of combining but had to wait until after lunch to get things at least moved out to the field.
The farmer came by and followed us out as we moved the grain cart and combine out. Marilyn did a test then the farmer took us back to the camper and took the sample in to the elevator. He said he would call us back, let us know the moisture and if we could start.
Back at the camper we waited for his call, getting some more of the books knocked down. After about 45 minutes we thought to check the phone since he hadn't called back...no dial tone...and there had been one this morning...and we still had our internet. Marilyn went out and found the hookup box had water in it and after drying it out discovered that we had two messages waiting...both from the farmer.
It had tested 16% and the elevator starts docking at 14%, so we decided to wait for a couple of hours for it to dry down a bit. We went back out just after 4pm and took another test...it was showing 12.5% on our tester, so the farmer said we were good to go and took the sample in to get it tested again.
The haul from Hamill is 25 miles no matter what direction you go and Al is not that keen on hauling in South Dakota...DOT and that sort of thing. Especially since we have seen their motor carrier cars parked at the motel in Winner just waiting for the harvest hauling to start so they can do their 'job'. Al was quite happy to learn the farmer had hired a local semi to haul the wheat for him. All Al had to do was drive the 1/2 mile on the two track trail from the field to the road to load the semi from the cart.
Once the semi was full, he filled the General then took it back to Hamill to swap out with the Freightliner. There was just the right amount left in the field to fill the Freight, but since the semi would be hauling again tomorrow, Al left it on the cart so he could fill him tomorrow. Free ride for the Freight...
We finished that field and Marilyn moved back through town and over to the next field we have to do. It was probably a mile as the crow flies...actually it is the three small trees just over the right end of the combine in the picture...but we had to drive about 9 miles around the long way to get there. Partly to get across a bridge that is too narrow for the combine, and the rest to get around all the valleys and creeks.
After Al picked Marilyn up from the field, we went back to the camper and had a late supper. Al had planned not to listen to the Saskatchewan Roughrider football game on the radio so he could watch the replay online without knowing the outcome...when he happened to be on a Canadian channel on the satellite radio and found out they lost 43-10, he changed his mind.
Off the bandwagon again...
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