It was an early morning as we were looking forward to seeing what the crop conditions were like on the way to Bismarck. We had the header trailer hooked up already, so all there was to do was brew a coffee to go and hit the road. We took our normal route on the way up, going through Gettysburg and stopping along the way to put up some posters.
We are sooooo early that some of the crop in ND hasn't even headed out...but really...it is only June. That is getting to be something that is hard to get our head around...we wonder where it will catch up to us. We got up to Menoken, got the header parked, had a chat with the farmer while we drove around looking at the crop. The canola was just starting to bloom and the wheat was looking pretty good...still looking for rain to put it over the top.
Before we started back for Hamill, we figured we had better secure a camping spot...not an easy task we were to find out. The campground was full up another were four in a makeshift overflow waiting to grab a spot as soon as someone moved out. We left our name and said we would keep in touch unfilled our ETA of July 22...which could even be a bit early, but if it guarantees us a spot, we'll be there.
We came back to Hamill via Hoven, SD to drop off a check at the local newspaper for an ad that we had put in the paper for harvesting. It looks like might have to give Gettysburg a miss this year since the farmer we usually help out had a catastrophe with some chemical that was used just before a freeze...that will be the first time ever for us. In 23 years.
How depressing...the days are getting shorter...
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