Saturday, August 1, 2009

August 1, 2009


View of the day-The bees are busy working.

A beautiful day, but not a lot of combining going on in the area. We went for lunch at the sale barn then drove down to Highmore to return the old oil rad that we had taken out of the combine...the only way to get warranty. Al purchased a few toys that he needed for his collection then we headed back to Gettysburg.

We knew the back way in to town, so we turned down the gravel road off the main highway...but turned off of it a mile too early, so we had a lovely tour of the countryside before turning around and getting back to where we had gone wrong. There isn't a road every mile since most of the land is fenced off for pastures, so backtracking was the only way to get right.

We went out to the combine to service it and put the header on the trailer so we could move to town without stopping traffic. Al drove the combine in and fueled it at the station when he got into town. Marilyn unhooked the header at the lot where the rest of the equipment was parked then waited until Al had parked the combine and then went back to the trailer.

After supper in the camper we started watching Men in Black...a classic...when the Kansas neighbor dropped over for an update. Marilyn decided to take a walk around town then remembered that tonight was the annual dance recital...which she missed by an hour. The walk was an enjoyable one with no wind, mild temperature and most importantly, no bugs.

Tomorrow we test the rye...maybe...

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