May 9, 2011

View of the day-The Freightliner is tucked away in the shade of the hay barn until our return in a couple of weeks.

We were up bright and early again, hoping to make good time and beat the heat of the day...another 100 degree was not something we were looking forward to. We had to pick up oil and antifreeze for the Freight since it had been working extra hard in the high heat against the strong south wind, but since we had parked in the truck repair lot, we didn't have far to go...and it's like stopping to use the washroom at a gas station...we always like to spend some cash for the use of the facility.

Once the fluids had been topped off we were on the road heading for Cherokee, OK...the final destination this year. The crops were looking good for the most part, but as we got further south they looked somewhat stressed...although the winter canola was looking pretty good.

As we continued our drive, the temperature wasted no time getting up to 99 and the wind was blasting every bit as hard as it had been the last couple of days...which we didn't mind so much when it came time to unload tractor and cart. when we got to Cherokee, we took the header out to the farmers yard, then went back into town to get the tractor unloaded and moved out to the farm yard along with the Freight...it was way to early in the season to be battling the heat, especially after coming directly from the frigid temps from back home in Saskatchewan.

We had everything put away and after stopping at the elevator for a visit and to put some posters up, we started heading back north...the GPS showed 1192 miles to go to get back to our yard...hopefully the wind will be at our back this time.

We stopped in Great Bend for a quick snack, then made it back as far as Hays for the night.

We might even get to sleep in a bit...