May 26, 2011

View of the day-Sunrise over Minot and fog in the valley...no surprise with all the water there.

We finished our nap at the rest stop, but because we didn't want to have the truck running to keep warm, it was a short one. We drove to Minot and decided we might as well have an early breakfast...like 3:30am early, so we stopped at Denny's to kill some time.

After we had our eggs, we continued on to Kenmare, where we had to wait for the John Deere dealer to open so we could pick up a toy that Al had ordered. This time the sun was up, so we found a parking spot and grabbed a couple hour snooze...much nicer in the warm sun. Once they were open, we picked up the tractor and headed for the border.

Once we got there, we got in line with the other trucks that were waiting to go through and when we had our turn we pretty much got waved through. We figured we might as well drive up to Carlyle and get the header, rather than having someone meet us as the border...calling at 4am just didn't seem right.

We got the trailer hooked up, aired the tires up, stopped at Precision Ag to get a coffee for the road and then started back to Cherokee. What a change in temperature, we didn't see 65º all day and of course there was the wind, but this time it was on our side.

Marilyn was able to get online once she got back into Canada and was checking out her Facebook when she saw a post from the US Custom Harvesters that one of their member's family had been in one of the tornadoes at Oklahoma City...a tragic story...their 3 year old son is still missing. Here is a link to the story. We are praying for the family and all others affected by the violent weather that has been occurring this week.

We got through the border without issue and carried on our way. Al said we would decide where we were going to stop and make sure we had a room...a bonus would be if we could stop in time for the hockey game. We figured Gettysburg was as good a place as any and we knew the hotel there was a decent one, so Marilyn called ahead...one room left and it was the suite. That got booked instantly.

There were a lot of tractors in the fields on the way down...none of them stuck, at least not where we could see them. Still lots of water everywhere and the Missouri is still rising...not good with more rain in the forecast.

We had to take the rough detour again but made Gettysburg just as the national anthem was being sung, so we ordered a pizza and had supper in the room.

So 591 miles from our early morning nap, which leaves 650 for tomorrow...good night...