View of the day-A ring of wheat outside Lacrosse, KS.
Today was the day to move to the last field we have to do in this area. We went out for lunch, then headed out to the field to get the combine ready to start roading over to the next field…about 20 miles away.
Al went ahead with the header and Marilyn followed in the combine, it took a while to finally get there but it was nice to see some different countryside at slow speed. We got to the field and after cutting a patch to see how the moisture was, we went back to get the tractor, cart and shop trailer.
Marilyn went ahead with the shop trailer, but had to stop on the side of the road to air a tire up on it that had gone low…good thing the compr
essor was in the trailer. By the time she got back to the field and fired up the combine, the farmer had stopped by for a ride, so away they went to open up the field. They rustled up a herd of mule deer that were hiding in some deep grass…they even stood long enough to get a picture.
Al showed up with the cart just as Marilyn had a full h
opper, so after dumping the grain and her co-pilot, she carried on combining until the cart was full. The General had a load on from the last field and we wouldn’t get to dump it until Tuesday, so it was out of commission and the cart was all we had for the day.
Because we are at least 53 miles from Great Bend, we decided to pack up the camper and move to the campground at LaCrosse tomorrow, so the drive out to the field will be cut down. We will also be loading the rigs on the trailers at Leibenthal, which will help even more because it is even further north.
Now if only the elevator would be open tomorrow…
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