July 25, 2011

View of the day-A view from the top of the hill overlooking Chamberlain, SD...the water is high.

We had a road trip on the agenda for today, so we were up early and on the road right on schedule. Our first stop was at the CaseIH dealer in Chamberlain to root through the stash of farm toys they had tucked away in the corner where we found them last year. Once the backseat of the pickup was loaded with large boxes of toys, 1/8 Farmall Super M, 1/8 International 1206, 1/8 CaseIH Cottonpicker, 1/16 6195 White tractor, 1/32 8010 CaseIH combine, several 1/64 Case 1470's. We stopped at the antique store to see if they had any new treasures...we left empty handed from there. Marilyn did see a poster for Red Neck Days in Mt. Vernon, SD on July 30...and they will be having a combine demo derby! It's about 180 miles from Gettysburg, but since we missed the one at Hays, maybe we can make this one.

We carried on to Hamill and got the pickup head hooked up, then went over to settle up with Cal. We were treated to a piece of Mulberry pie cooked by Callie, and she also sent us home with a jar of Mulberry jam and one of Mulberry syrup...can't wait for waffles.

There were a lot of combines in the field pretty much all the way down to Hamill. The weather had been cooperating and while it was only 80º when we left Gettysburg, it was in the mid 90's at Hamill...and the humidity made it even worse. What's new?

We headed back to Gettysburg, got the header parked, then Al took a look at the treasures he had brought back. Marilyn has to make room for them under the camper...somewhere, but that will be tomorrow's job.

We listened to the weather warnings most of the night and as the blog is getting finalized, we are right in the middle of it...lightning, thunder and torrential rains. Al's brother Jeff is on his way down for a visit on his Harley...hopefully he doesn't hit any of this moisture.

No combining tomorrow...