AIS was to be 11:30am and we beat that by 10 minutes. The day was 25ยบ cooler than the last week and the wind was huffing out of the NW...perfect drying weather. We got out to the farm yard where the combine was parked and got ready for the big 5 mile move to the next field. Before we left the yard, Al unloaded the tub of grain that he had cleaned out of the cart and left it next to the chicken coop...looks like the semis clean out in the same place, those lucky chickens.
Marilyn drove the combine over and Al followed with the header. We managed to get moved in between pilot car loads, so we didn't tie up any traffic. After getting the header hooked up, Marilyn cut a patch to run a few bushels through the combine so it would be cleaned out for the seed wheat. We had a short wait for the semi and small tandem to show up, but once the dab of wheat that was on the combine got dumped into the tandem, we were ready to take on the day.
This spring wheat is going well over 60 bu/ac, so Al has been kept busy keeping the wheat away from the combine...the semi driver is kept running, too. Marilyn didn't have to stop at all...except for the nature breaks...so we finally had a good day. Just over 90 acres...not bad for a short day and a heavy crop...and we even got the use the lights on the combine for one round.
We shut it down just after 9pm and came back to the camper. The chickens must have been pleased with the offerings that Al had left because there were a dozen eggs in the pickup for us at the end of the day.
Bacon and eggs for supper tonight...
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