View of the day-Cleaned and loaded to go...we even managed to get rid of all the mud from the...'events'.
Marilyn woke up at 2am and discovered the mother mouse had hit the sticky trap...that was a relief, if it was, indeed the mother. When we got up at 8:00am, there were three of the little pups stuck beside her...a wonderful sight.
We went over to the Cafe for breakfast, then Al started washing off the header that was parked by the camper. Marilyn dug into the depths of the camper to see if she could find the nest...hopefully they had just moved in while we were here and hadn't been born here. We estimated the young to be around 3 weeks old...we are far from experts on all things mousey...so we hoped they didn't arrive when we were on our Canadian vacation.
After getting the header and camper clean, we went out to the combine to start cleaning by blowing off all the chaff from the various hidey-holes. Once we got it clean, we took it over to one of the farmers that offered us to use his hot water pressure washer to get all that caked on clay off. It didn't take as long as we had thought...the hot water makes short work of the dirt...and we were on our way back to town with the combine around 4:30pm.
We got back to the elevator, where the trailer and General...which hadn't turned a wheel since we parked it there...were ready for loading. With the combine loaded and tied down, we got the General hooked up to the trailer, then got the shop trailer hooked on behind the combine trailer...and all lights worked!
Back at the camper, we discovered the demise of the 13 stripe ground squirrel that had been digging holes around the camper...he had gotten stuck on the trap that Marilyn had left out with the first two mice on it...well, what was left of them after the cat got through gnawing on them last night.
We went back to the bar for supper, then went back to the camper so Al could get his paperwork in order for his trip to Carlyle with the header. We couldn't find anyone to make the run with us on Wednesday, so it's backhaul time and we will both go on Wednesday with the combine and camper.
Marilyn will spend tomorrow visiting and shopping...with no time limit...
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