September 21, 2012

View of the day-Al unloads the cart into the General on the other side of the tracks.  As you can see, the crossing is only used to get across to the rest of the field and the railway has laid a bead of gravel all along the track for repairs.

Almost the same as yesterday...minus 10 acres, because we ran out of field.

Al was out unloading, servicing and combining by 10:30am. He told Marilyn she should be out there by 11:30am with lunch and be ready to take over in the combine.  Al had both trucks loaded by the time she got out there, so he played catch up for the rest of the day.

We got finished on the big piece that was right next to the highway, then we moved across the tracks to the 25 acre patch that was cut off from the rest of the field.  That piece didn't take long, but the four times that the cart had to cross were a task and a half.  The tires hit strategically on that bead of gravel so the tractor was spinning when we got on the tracks.  Even though we looked both ways at least ten times...just to be sure...it was nerve wracking to cross.  Good thing there was just a few acres on the other side.

Al got everything spotted for Marilyn, then took off for Yorkton to see his first Yorkton Terriers game of the season.  Marilyn only had one more hopper left in the field and once that was done, she parked the combine, washed the windows, then headed for the camper to clean up.

New field tomorrow...let's hope it's fit to combine...