August 6, 2012

View of the day-Marilyn couldn't believe how small the General looked next to this semi...unfortunately, driving and picture taking results in a not-so-good photo...but you get the idea.

She was an AIS 10:00am morning and Marilyn was three minutes early...too bad Al hadn't informed her it was AIF(a$$ in field) until she was in the pickup. Lesson learned. Maybe.

Al got dropped off at the General to unload while Marilyn went out, serviced and fueled the combine.  By the time Al got out to empty the cart, Marilyn was already making dust...it was plenty dry and with a hot day forecast and no wind to speak of, it would only get better.

Al was keeping up with the hauling, but Marilyn was bringing in too much grain...the bins were filling up and Roger was running out of room for the wheat.  He called in a semi to take some of the heat off and take a load into the elevator, which gave Al a break from his "tail chasing" from cart to truck over and over.

With the help of the semi we got finished the field and had the General full, so now Al gets to take the last load into the elevator tomorrow.  We finished around 7pm, dusted off the windows and headed for the camper...114 acres and quitting while the sun was still up.

After Al had his shower, we went into Bismarck to hit the McDonalds...haven't been in one since Winner and Al needed a "fix".  Fortunately there is one right on the east end of the city, so we were in and out in no time at all and back at the camper in 15 minutes.  

While we were at McDonald's, we saw another "harvest crew" parked in the lot.  Just check out this little cutie...for those that don't know, this little combine is used to cut those little seed plots that you see on the side of the road.  The seed companies plant small strips of various types of grain, then harvest and weigh it when it is ripe to see which one performs the best.

Al got caught up with the local news on TV and Marilyn worked on getting the last 4 shirts finished.  The shirts made in China seem to have sleeves meant for Popeye...you know, he had spindly little biceps and his forearms were huge.  These shirts had long sleeves, so Marilyn cut the bottom off to make short sleeves and is "fabricating" a little more room for Al's "guns". The prototype has gone through more than a couple of attempts, but it looks like she finally has the pattern down and the rest will get finished tomorrow.

We now have a wait for the canola, so tomorrow after Al has the General unloaded, we will make a road trip north with the pickup head.  Since we will be doing the canola with the draper head, we won't need the pickup head and it just means an extra trip later on.

And we haven't driven for a while...