June 25, 2010

View of the day-Long shadows as the sun sets and the General and Cart wait at the end of the field.

First a correction on yesterday’s entry…Ken said Al “needed” a semi, not “would like” one...Marilyn agrees.

We got a later start to the day since we didn’t have any early errands to do. We had a change of venue for breakfast as we tried out Burger King…finally some decent coffee, then went out to the field to service and finish off the last 15 acres of the field.

After we got the General loaded, we unhooked the header and moved a few miles over to the last field we have to do here. Marilyn drove the combine, Al took the pickup and header and Ken followed us over. After hooking up the header and cutting a patch for the trucks, Ken drove us back to get the rest of the stuff, so Marilyn took the tractor and cart and Al brought the semi over before taking the General to the elevator.

Marilyn was able to make better time on this field, except that she had to drive to load the trucks so Al could keep up. This worked fine for the first half of the field, but as she got further to the back she had to strategically plan how to cut to get close to the truck. Al eventually caught up and was able to run the cart a couple of times, which helped out a lot. Even with all the dead heading to the trucks, Marilyn was still able to get over 125 acres done on the field, not bad for the day.

Wit a lovely harvest moon to brighten up the evening, we didn’t quit until 11pm which means a very late night.

But we should easily finish tomorrow…