View of the day-Al races back to the field for another load.We left town early and Marilyn dropped Al off at the General that was parked where he left it at the Albert elevator. Marilyn carried on back to the field to fuel and service the combine, then get right at cutting again.
The day was beautiful, temperature-wise at least, but the wind was a wicked one again…it was pretty uneventful even though Marilyn did manage to combine 130 acres. We finished the big field, then moved a mile over to the next 50 acre patch and just carried on cutting.
There were lots of combines cutting in the area and considering Al had a 30 mile round trip to the elevator, Marilyn never had to wait to unload once. We got a lot of wildlife in the area, coyotes…that like to dig big holes on the tops of the terraces for the combine tires to drop into unexpectedly. There was even a coyote pup, the size of a cat that refused to leave the standing grain, but was lucky enough to duck when the header went over him. Al has managed to pick up a deer antler…unfortunately it was with the inside dual on the tractor…but it isn’t flat yet, so it will have to wait to get fixed.
Al took the last load of the night in to the elevator and this time he decided to come back to the field, so Marilyn had the combine fuelled and the cart tarped…without incident this time because the wind was pretty much non-existent after sunset.
How depressing…the days are now getting shorter…
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