July 7, 2010

View of the day-Everything together at Ansley, NE waiting to be split up again for a day.

We were up early for the 'continental breakfast' at the motel, then we drove from Broken Bow to Ansley to get the Freightliner ready to go. Al had decided because the weather was overcast and cool, that the Freightliner would be the rig to go first so after fueling up the pickup and getting the shop trailer back behind the camper we started on our way to Hamill, SD.

The trip was uneventful and after stopping in Springview, NE for a quick snack, we made Hamill around 2:30pm. Just as we got the Freightliner parked, the man from the phone company showed up to get the internet hooked up at the camper. He waited until we had everything almost set up, then got us up and running with the high speed service.

After the camper was cooling, we went over to get the tractor and cart unloaded and ready for action. Once that was done we took a run out to see how the wheat was looking and it would have been pretty close to ready if it hadn't rained last night. This is the area where the winter and spring wheat are both planted and you can see the difference in the fields with the winter wheat almost ripe and the spring wheat still really green. We still have a few days before we will be able to get started, which is going to be a nice change from the past six weeks.

Back at the camper we got to see the local 'gang'...of wild turkeys. They ramble around town, squawking and sitting in the trees...an amazing feat considering their size.

Marilyn got the satellite hooked up and we called it a night...not necessarily an early one.

Tomorrow we travel back to Ansley to get the combine and header...