September 24, 2013

View of the day-Al dumping into one of Bob's trucks first thing in the morning...his turn to drive combine, for a while.

Perfect harvest day...for us, at least. Combine repairs needed in the other two fields. Been there, done that. They did get going in the afternoon, so it wasn't a total loss of a day.

Al went out early to do the servicing and unload trucks. Marilyn got lunches ready and made it out to the field by 10:30...half an hour before Al told her to be out there. He had already started combining and almost had a truck full, so it was a good start to the day.

Marilyn tried to cut around all the ponds in the daylight, so that when the sun went down, she wouldn't have to deal with getting lost, or worse yet, stuck. This is an aerial view of the half section that we are working on.

We kept going until we got the word that supper in the field was ready, so Al went first, then took over combining to let Marilyn get in on the goods. It was good to get a break to stretch the legs and get a delicious meal to top it off. But, time was ticking and Marilyn had strict orders to get back to the combine by 7pm, so Al could make the elevator with the last load before they closed.

We went until we finished the last patch on the south side of the field, then moved the combine over to the north end and called it a night. It was still pretty nice out and they were calling for rain, but even with the map, Marilyn didn't think it was a good idea to start in the dark.

Let's hope the rain stays away...