August 28, 2014

View of the day-Do we remember where to start? It's been so long.

Well, the tractor made it to the farm in one piece and was waiting for us. Al's plan was to wait a couple days for the yard to dry out a bit before taking the combine and shop trailer down to Kipling. We were able to use the yard at Yorkton Auction Centre...Al had the combine trailer there for a week, already...so the plan was to load Wednesday and haul out on Thursday.

Before we could do any of that, on Sunday, we took the pickup head down to Carlyle, since we wouldn't be needing it in Kipling. We got down there, had a short visit, then started back for Yorkton.

We took a look at a tree that the beavers had taken down that was on the edge of the dugout beside the house. This tree was about 12 inches across, maybe 25 feet tall...now horizontal...and it was the only tree that was touched around the entire perimeter. We didn't venture any closer...those beavers can get crazy.

Speaking of beavers, we also saw this beaver house in a slough on our way home. These beavers know how to live...there was a satellite dish on this one! The signal couldn't have been that good with the water up that high.

With the tractor and two headers gone, we were half way moved...only the combine, shop and camper to go.  Al drove the combine in to work on Wednesday and had Curtis, from work pick him up from the auction yard. Marilyn picked him up from work when she was done at Staples, then it was back home to get the General. Once it was aired up and all the straps, ramps and chains were located, we went back to town with it to start loading.

The loading went really well considering how out of practice we were and the humidity and heat made us feel right at home...well, South Dakota home, at least. It seems we always load in the heat...how we managed to pick one of the few days of the summer that was actually hot, was one of those "Murphy" deals.

With the combine loaded and hooked up, we went back home to call it a night, that way we could get an early start in the morning. It ended up being not so early an evening, since we still had to get everything in the shop trailer tied down for the move...not so easy in the dark, but we got it done.

We left reasonably early Thursday morning and the only setback we had was to be following a house that was getting moved down the road. Fortunately, they did stop to let the backlog of traffic by before we hit the valley. After that, it was clear sailing...can't say "smooth" sailing on Saskatchewan roads...anything, but.

We got to the yard, unloaded the combine, got everything parked out of the way, then took a look around to see where we might be able to park the camper. There had been a lot of building going on and with this being a new job, we weren't sure what the flow of the yard was...we don't want to be in the way in the high traffic zones. Oh, well, we will figure it out when we get there with the rig.

We headed back for Yorkton, stopping in Whitewood for a quick sub, then took a detour to Grayson, to grab some lunch supplies for the camper.  We took the back way home to check out the fields along the way...no signs of action, yet.

The plan is to make the final move on Sunday...but rain is forecast for Saturday...