July 30, 2013

View of the day-Gerry gets the combines fueled as we wait for the clouds to clear.

It was AIS at 8:30am, there were things that needed to be done.  Although it was sunny at 7:30, by the time we got out to the field there was cloud cover and almost 70% humidity...not great to work in.

The rigs got fueled and serviced, by the time that was done, we could see blue sky coming as the sun worked it's magic and the clouds disappeared.  The straw was pretty tough to start with, but the farmer was baling it, so that didn't matter too much and after he figured we had dropped enough, we switched back to spreading the straw.  That was easier said than done.  

There was 100 bushel straw and with the dampness and lack of wind, it was just dropping out of the combines...not spreading very much at all. No matter, Gerry got his combine chopping a little finer and we were going good again.  We had to work around the irrigation pivot in the centre of the field, but once we had trimmed as much as we could, the farmer started it up and shifted it enough for Gerry to clean it up.

We carried on with the combining, keeping Lynn hopping as this side of the field had a different variety and it was going over 80 bu/ac in some places.  We finally got the field finished and made the move to the next field.

Now all afternoon we had been listening to the weather band and the storm warnings for our area.  We were fortunate that they built up just to the east of us and kept going that direction, so we were spared.  Once we got to the other 30 acre patch, we could see that our luck was running out. With the fact that this field was running half what the other one was, we were done in no time at all...just as the clouds were getting more ominous in the west.

With a longer move in store for tomorrow, we got the headers off the combines and into transport for the mornings move...then made a dash for town.  

Lynn and Marilyn got Gerry to take a side trip to get some pictures of the clouds and impending rain...some at highway speeds...before coming back to the campground...where we arrived just as the rain was starting to fall.

Marilyn had to run over to Pizza Hut to pick up supper...in the pouring rain.  How convenient that the two umbrellas she brought were both out in the truck, 20 ft from the camper...a little soap and she could have skipped the evening shower.

Looks like we might be able to sleep in tomorrow...