View of the day-The wheat could be a while off in North Dakota.
We were up earlier than usual and decided to do a road trip to Pingree, ND and see how the crop looked along the way around the countryside
We fueled up at the local service station, then kicked ourselves when we saw the price was 20 cents a gallon cheaper up the road...oh well, we're helping the economy.
We drove straight up US83 and ran in to construction in a couple of places, which meant waiting for pilot cars, but we had nothing but time anyway. While waiting at one spot, a semi hauling a couple of 3000 bushel hopper bins...a wide load at the best of times. Marilyn was in the drivers seat and decided it would be wise to pull over closer to the shoulder. There was a small car behind us and then a semi was behind that...the little car didn't get the idea so the semi couldn't move over and as the hopper bins tried to pass the waiting vehicles he dropped a wheel of the edge of the new pavement and carved a good chunk of it up. The flag girl looked like she was going to have a kitten as she watched the huge load tilt one way, then back again before straightening up and carrying on...it was quite entertaining. The wide load had hardly slowed down at all behind the pilot car...it could have been bad.
The crops along the way were really green...REALLY green...everything is so far behind this year but most of the way they looked quite lush and full of promise if nothing else. We got to Pingree, stopped for a visit at a friends farm, then Al dropped Marilyn off at Donna's house, where we stay for the fall harvest, to have a visit while he went over to collect the boxes of farm toys that had been collecting at Mike's place since earlier in the year. After he came back to pick Marilyn up and have a visit with Donna, we went over to the 281 Stop to have supper and visit with some of the locals.
We left to go back to Gettysburg around 9:30pm and worked on the blog on the road. Once we got to Sterling to get fuel, Marilyn found some wireless to get the upload done.
It's going to be a long night...
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