September 24, 2009

View of the day-You can tell the Freightliner doesn't get used that much when the spiders work their magic and tie down the steering wheel.

We were up early to have coffee with the landlords before loading up the camper and making the final move to Esterhazy. We got the Freightliner started then moved into the exit position and started battening down the hatches in the camper.

We got hooked up and left Carlyle around 10:30am and drove straight through to Esterhazy. Marilyn unhooked the camper in the yard then went out to help unload the tractor and cart. Once that was done, we took the Freight back to the yard so the spider could rebuild since we weren't going to be using it right away. We finished setting the camper up...it seems we always have to do that job in the heat of the day...and it has been unseasonably warm...but we're not complaining.

We went back to town and Al took the cart out to the field while Marilyn snagged a pizza for lunch...ahhh...they don't make pizzas like that in the US. We got out to the field at the same time and after having a snack, started combining.

We were straight combining wheat that had been dessicated for a couple of weeks and it was running around 50 bushels/ac, so Al was busy with the hauling. He filled one bin and had to move the auger to another one which slowed him up a bit, but that was okay because just after the sun set the knife broke on the header, so Marilyn was done for the night.

Marilyn went back to the yard to get the shop trailer and got back to the field just as Al was returning from the bins. After taking what was left of the old knife out of the header, we decided to leave it until morning...the mosquitoes would just have to go hungry.

Back at the camper we finished getting the inside organized, showered up, got logged on to the internet, then got caught up with the landlord when he stopped in after his day of combining was done. Once again we have to think about where we are when we open up the camper door in the morning.

Everyplace is the same from inside the camper...