View of the day-Al gets some of the pickup unloaded at home.
Well we didn’t get the second blog in as hoped yesterday…the Verizon MiFi doesn’t work in this area and a drive into town was out of the question.
We were up early so we could get the camper closed up for a few days and while Marilyn was getting things packed, Al went over to the farmer’s yard and got the trailer with the pickup head hooked up and came back to the camper. The original idea was to get the trailer from Menoken on our way through to Bismarck, but Marilyn had seen the construction signs north of the city, so we figured we would just go the tried and true way…north of Sterling to Wing and over to Wilton.
That plan was the best one because the highway was a dream and the traffic was quiet…of course we weren’t pulling a wide load, so it really didn’t matter. We went through some rain, missing most of the heavy stuff and stopped in Minot so Marilyn could get the rest of the stuff she needed from Walmart…and Al had to get the 40 oz, and 24 pack of “beverage” to take home.
We carried on north and made our last stop in Kenmare to get yet another box of toys from our drop point, although this time it was for one of our friends back in Yorkton. The border crossing went fast, there were two new guys on the US side and when they looked at the paperwork, they said “we don’t have to worry about it being done wrong, we have been told you guys do a perfect job”…well…that was nice! New guys on the CDN side and they sent us on our way after checking the header out.
We stopped at Precision Ag to drop off some things and get a coffee refill, then forged on to meet Al’s stepdad at the junction of 9 and 22 highways. Ray gets our mail while we are gone and we had to get the two bags that he had collected…and get caught up on all things local. Ray doesn’t have a computer, so he has to find out about our summer the old fashioned way…word of mouth.
Once we had gotten caught up, we carried on to Yorkton and were extremely happy to see they had completely fixed the highway that had been so bad when we left…REALLY fixed it, not just patched it. Too bad it was only 1% of the roads we have to drive on.
When we got to the farm, we unloaded the boxed out of the truck, then went back into town, so Marilyn could get a haircut and a visit in with her friend Pam, and Al could have a visit and drop off the game he picked up in Kenmare. After that it was back home to the farm and our own bed…although the one in the camper is pretty nice, too.
Another road trip tomorrow and a wedding rehearsal…
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