July 29, 2009

View of the day-An interesting use for an old school bus. We spied this at Seneca, SD.

Woke up to rain but we didn't have any combining to do, so it wasn't a big deal...we were caught up. We had planned on going into Pierre to pick up a few things and maybe shop around a bit so after getting organized we headed out for the day, driving in the rain most of the way.

We decided to go via Highmore so we could pick up the new oil cooler rad they had ordered for us under warranty, then we carried on to Pierre. We stopped at the Case dealer to talk to Ray from ProHarvest and look at some of the farm toys, then we went over to the John Deere dealer to do the same. Al dropped Marilyn off at the mall and Walmart while he went shopping at a few other places for more toys.

With the abbreviated shopping trip out of the way, we went looking for someplace different for supper and the Pizza Ranch won out. After we finished eating we decided to take the scenic route home over the dam and along the river, swinging by the rye field that is next on the list to see how it was coming along.

We got back to the camper just as the second wave of rain showers was starting to threaten and figured we were done for the day when we got a call from another fellow Canadian harvester, Gerry and Lynn Prevost. They were on their way back from Pierre heading for Hoven...about 25 miles NE of Gettysburg...and wanted us to come up for a visit.

It was around 8:30pm and Marilyn had figured on getting the blog updated early for a change when the call came in from Lynn. The nightly routine has been to get done around 2:30am or later and she had been cutting it back an hour at a time, but it was still late...or early, depending on your view.

We drove up to Hoven and got caught up with a few things at their camper, then went down to the local tavern to have a few drinks with their crew. It was an entertaining evening, Al & Marilyn on the diet coke watching the antics of the 'imbibers'...the waitress said Al was the DDD-drive da drunks. One of the Prevost crew, a very nice looking 22-year-old young lady was feeling her oats and kept the bar entertained at one point by passing around the 'silicon packs' that she usually kept stored in her 'chestle harness'...if you get the drift. Kids...

They finally kicked us out at 2am and after giving Lynn and Gerry a ride back to their camper, we came home to Gettysburg. Marilyn was almost too tired to do the blog, but the thought of getting up early was too overwhelming so at 3:30am it's getting done.

The outside temp is 48º...time to find some blankets...