We only had one thing on the agenda today...get everything loaded...but there wasn't a rush. So let's wait until the heat of the afternoon to do it. The rain that fell during the night brought anywhere from .75" to over 2"...much needed around here, so that helped to bump the humidity to the uncomfortable level. The rain did an excellent job of washing off the machinery...Mother Nature is hired.
We had lunch at the cafe next to the campground...this was another one of those "egg police" places...no later than 10:30am. We went with the lunch menu and Marilyn was curious to know if it works better to only have one waitress and 3 cooks, or 3 waitresses and one cook. We had the former and the place was crowded.
After lunch, we went out to the card lock and started getting organized. We unhooked the Freight from the trailer and Al took it over to the pumps to get it fueled up. After he brought it back, one of the inside duals was low and of course, the valve stem was too short to reach with the air chuck. We had to take off the outside tire to get to it...and they ain't light.
After several "discussions" we managed to get both of them off and Al took the low one into Rush Center to get it fixed. Marilyn got the warning lights fixed on the tractor, then got the trailer lights working on the cart trailer so we can pull the old shop trailer behind and have lights, then she fixed the two-way radio antenna on the tractor, so hopefully we can get more than a couple miles out of it.
Al got back and we got the tires back on and started loading. There was no wind, so it was tough going...the water jug got a workout. We got the tractor and cart loaded on the trailer and hooked up, then unhooked the General from the combine trailer so Al could get it fueled up.
Marilyn worked on getting the backup camera set up in the combine cab so Al could see behind him on the highway, then got it lined up to load. When Al got back with the General, we drove the combine on the trailer, hooked it up to the General and started chaining it down.
We still had the chain and tow rope on the combine...just in case...so we thought there should be a way to use the chain without taking the hooks off and re threading it through the small tie down holes. After half an hour of different scenarios, we came up with one that worked, then we re wrapped the rope on the step and called the job done.
We went back to town, ordered a pizza, then went back to the camper to take it easy for the rest of the night.
Tomorrow is a trip up to Hays for some shopping...Marilyn is happy about that...
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