September 8, 2010

View of the day-Crater Lake on the way home from Yorkton on the #9 highway.

Road trip day. We needed to take the MacDon header to Whitewood for some warranty work, so we were up early. Al went to start the Dodge and get the header hooked up...the battery was dead. Kim came out with his pickup and between the two of them, they got it started and spent some time tightening down the clamps on the posts. That was the only thing they could figure could be the problem...it was charging just fine after that.

We got the header hooked up, stopped at Precision Ag to get a coffee to go, then took off. We got to Whitewood and dropped the header off, then stopped at the CanAm for a late breakfast, then forged on north to Yorkton.

We stopped out at a friends farm just north of the valley to check out the new grain cart he had purchased...well, new to him, at least. It looked pretty good and considering he is 'old school' and never could see why anyone would need a grain cart, it was a surprise that he actually had bought one...he will wonder how he ever lived without it, we're sure.

After a visit with him...they are never short...Marilyn was able to get Al back into the pickup to get on the road. We got to Yorkton and Al dropped Marilyn off at Staples, then he made the tour to the CaseIH dealer, Flamans and the Coop to see about getting the Diamond W Portable Corrals on their sale lots. After Marilyn was done visiting, we took a look at the campers around town...very disappointing...can't believe there isn't a bigger selection.

We stopped by the new site for H&R Block, where Al will be working this winter again. The old building was wrecked in the Canada Day flood and the black mold had taken over, so they had to find a new home. They were in the midst of painting the walls, so after we had a tour around the place, we hit the road...just in case they found another roller or brush for us.

We went out to the farm to see how things were doing there...same old, same old. We needed to pick up our oil filled radiant heater for the camper, so we wouldn't be using up all the propane. Al went next door to have a chat with the 'gardener'...he is claiming his half of the year of yard work is done and Al will have to take over. Looks like the grass will be pretty tall by the time we get moved back in.

When we got back to town, we met up with a friend for supper at the newly renovated Hong Kong House. After a leisurely meal, we topped up the coffee and headed back for Carlyle.

There is rain in the forecast for tonight...what's new...so we are trying to come up with a 'to-do' list. After all, we have fixed almost everything on the old list...Kim on the other hand might need a hand with some tweaking on the new sieve he had to put in his combine. Not so good after spending 5 digits to get it ready for harvest.

And those 5 digits were before the decimal point...