View of the day-A field of flax and a pumpjack wait for the rain to arrive just south of Carlyle, Saskatchewan.
We didn't think about the time change between here and Gettysburg...not that we had anything to get up for.
We had a late breakfast then Al, Kim and Gordie went out to get our pickup header loaded on the trailer. After getting that done, we checked it over to see if there were any repairs that needed to be done before taking it south, since Kim could do any welding that might be needed. The only thing we had to do was straighten the wind guard and with the help of the front end loader on the tractor and some heavy weights standing on it we managed to get it straightened...amazing since it has been 5 years that it has needed to be done.
We decided to take a drive to look at the some of the crop in the area and since there were four of us...Kim, Gordie, Al and Marilyn...and there was no room in the pickup with the toys, Kim drove the van to tour us around. Marg had groceries to get in town and an appointment with a $20 certificate at the casino to keep her busy for the afternoon.
Some fields still have blooms on them and some look like they are almost ready to swath...barley, canola, peas...it is still pretty green most places. The clouds were threatening all day and around 4:30pm a good shot came through, although it would appear it split around the farm and was worse to the north and south of us.
Al got a call from our neighbor in the campground at Gettysburg and it would appear that they got another shot of rain last night...about another inch and almost two inches fell south of town. Apparently we have an extra day or two to get back now, so we will take our stash of farm toys back home and check on how things are looking up there.
Al got to watch the Roughrider football game on the big screen...and they won...so he has one foot on the bandwagon again...
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