June 16, 2010

View of the day-One of only two Brandt grain carts made, the other is at the Farm Progress Show in Regina, SK. This one is part of the Petersen Farms harvesting crew.

We woke up to the sound of thunder, but fortunately no rain…at least here in Cherokee…further south it looked dark and like there was something hitting the ground. South…where the combine was parked.

We went for breakfast at Miss Dotties where we got a chance to see the weather channel to find out what was in store for us in the rain department. It looked promising…at least we would see the sun at some point today. We came back to the camper to decide what to do with another day off…internet at the library topped the list…this time from the inside during business hours.

We went back to the camper to get the laptops and while Al was checking the pickup over, he discovered the inside dual on the back was flat. We went over to the coop to see if they had four new tires…we were at 85,000K on these ones and we were thinking about getting new ones…this was just ahead of schedule. They didn’t have any so we just got ‘ol baldie fixed and will get those elusive Michelins later.

We were just ready to head into the library when a harvest crew came through town…with Saskatchewan tags…we chased them down so Marilyn could take a few pictures of some yellow ones…for a change. They stopped for a break on the side of the road north of town and we had a good chat with them about how their harvest was going before the continued on their way north to Pratt, KS.

We went to the library and they were very accommodating there…found us power and we sat facing the front window so Al could watch the traffic going by between online searches. After a couple hours we folded up the laptops and went by the elevator to see if there were any samples brought in, then went back to the camper.

Marilyn went to pick up a few groceries for supper…to eat in for a change and Al watched as the grain trucks started trickling by the camper. He called Ron to see if there had been any rain down at Carmen…there hadn’t been, so tomorrow looks promising. Enid, on the other hand, got 2 inches…the crop we saw standing in the field will be standing there for a while yet.

Tomorrow we cut…we hope…