August 16, 2013

View of the day-Waiting, waiting, still waiting on the green in the wheat. Soon...very soon.

The fog was so thick this morning that we couldn't see the motel sign 50 yards from the camper. Good thing we weren't combining today, because it wouldn't have been an early start.  It stayed overcast until mid afternoon and we stayed in the camper until 4:30.

We went out to the farm and got the combine and header ready to move a couple miles across from the field we will be starting on, then came back to get the tractor and cart moved out. That was the big job for the day.

We started back for town, but went by the far end of the field and walked in to see how much green we were dealing with. The smell of the alfalfa blooms was so sweet...can't you just smell them?

As we left the field and pulled out onto the highway, we were just ahead of a semi with a combine on the trailer and as we got to the stop sign he blew the horn. It was Terrance and his co-pilot from Canada and they were hauling a combine from Pratt, KS to Moose Jaw, SK.  We stopped just around the corner for a short gab on the highway shoulder, then went into Selby to have an ice cream while they had a quick burger, then they were on the road again and Al got back to the camper in time to watch his Canadian Football League game.

Might be some shopping in Marilyn's future...