July 25, 2010

View of the day-The grain cart patiently waits by the rye with it's new cameras ready for action.

We slept in, missing the Harvester's Appreciation Breakfast the the town puts on annually. It was over at 10:30 and since Marilyn likes to see the yolk in her eggs and isn't that keen on sausages, it wasn't really missed...especially since the Rock has an excellent buffet on Sundays. Which is where we ended up going and once again we beat the church crowd.

We were just coming home from lunch when we met the farmer coming into town and after stopping for a gab, we went back to the camper. The farmer needed Al's help with a belt on the swather, so he went out to give him a hand, then when he got back from the field we decided what we would do for the rest of the day.

Al needed to get some welding done on the cart trailer so we took the grain cart over to the lot where the trailers were parked. We used the hydraulics on the tractor to lift the trailer so we could hook it up to the Freightliner and move it over near the welding shop. After Al got it parked, Marilyn took him back to get the tractor and cart then followed him out to the field.

The farmer had finished swathing the winter wheat and was getting ready to go back home, so we stopped for yet another gab session before checking out the swaths and heading home ourselves.

Supper in the camper and an evening of Ice Road Truckers and Skyping home to friends finished off the day.

And now it's official...we need the pickup head...