August 26, 2013

View of the day-Al dumps the cart into the General.

We had high hopes for the day, even though it was cloudy and humid. Once we heard the tippy-tap of rain drops on the roof, we knew we would be having a late start...if at all.

While we were killing time at the camper, there was a knock at the door...it was Shawn Gallagher, fellow harvester and president of the Association of Canadian Custom Harvesters. We had a good visit with him for a couple hours, as the rain showers came and went...now we knew we wouldn't be combining.

After Shawn left, we figured we might as well go out to the farm, service the combine and get the grain cart unloaded and the load put into the bin at the yard. It looked like there hadn't been as much rain out at the field...as usual...but it settled the dust on the road...and the chaff in the bottom of the rain gauge on the combine.

Al brought the General over to get the cart dumped and Marilyn did the greasing on the combine, then we went back to the yard to dump the truck. That was our day in the field and it was back to the camper to pick up a couple things before heading into Bismarck.

We had lunch at Arby's, then stopped by Menards to design and price out a new deck...kicking tires, really. We stopped to fill up some water jugs at the grocery store, then came back to the camper. Marilyn is holding out her shopping for a full day...not just an hour or two.

After a couple hours of nothing back at the camper, we took a drive north of town to visit with Lynn and Gerry again. They had a lot more rain up there and it was only about 15 miles away.

If the rain stays away...tomorrow...maybe...