August 12, 2011

View of the day- Our Saskatchewan sunset as we settle in at home…for a few days, at least.

We were undecided as to what we would accomplish today but after a bit of discussion, we settled on taking a road trip to Porcupine Plain to talk to a farmer that had been calling us about doing some harvesting. This gentleman had been talking to us for the last three years, but our schedule was always so tight that we could never even consider it. Well…there was no hurt in looking.

We started north, with our destination about 125 miles…a lot of it on those infamous Saskatchewan roads. We had to cross through Greenwater Provincial Park, and it is mind boggling how they get any tourist to return after one trip…those highways are HORENDOUS. We arrived fairly shaken up, but none the worse for wear and after checking out the camping facilities in the town, went out to meet with Barry, the farmer’s son.

Barry took us around to look at some of the fields…all in blocks and a close haul…that would be nice, and all of it a month away from being ready…even nicer. We dropped Barry back off at the farm, then took another route back to Yorkton and even with a 15 mile stretch of gravel, it was a lot smoother and not near the traffic, so we know which way we will be moving up.

We had to take a side trip to just NE of Melville to take part in the rehearsal and family supper for Al’s nephew, Devin and his bride to be, Jenna’s wedding tomorrow…well, we took part in the supper, at least. The wedding will be outside in Jenna’s family’s farm yard…which looked absolutely fabulous for the event…it was a beautiful evening, no wind, bug free. The weather is supposed to be perfect for tomorrow and they got the rain out of the way…two inches fell there today! The dragonflies have taken care of most of the mosquitoes and it can’t be anything but perfect. We are Master of Ceremonies for the event, so that should be interesting. As long as Al doesn’t start telling Marilyn to “stop side seat driving” like he does when she tells him where to go when he is driving.

After the supper was over, we had a good visit with the families, then headed back for Yorkton. Al dropped Marilyn off at Staples so she could pick up a couple of things and get a quick visit in with her work cronies and he went next door to the Coop to fuel up. Then it was back to the farm to see if we could get the CFL Rider game on the TV that was left at home.

And of course…they lost again…