September 22, 2014

View of the day-Alexander and Al went down to see how the digging was going on to get the combine out, so we got a couple of better pictures.

It was the best day yet, acre wise, at least...120! We moved to a new field, going past the poor combine that had spent the night in a hole and they were working on digging it out with a trackhoe, and not having much luck. 

We were able to get started before 10am, which helped a great deal and the canola was really going through nice. We were working on a field close to the bins, which meant a short haul for Al. The weather was gorgeous again, but it had brought out the mosquitoes and not enough wind to keep them away, which wasn't good for the truckers.

Al did manage to fit in a phone interview with CBC Radio Saskatchewan on the topic of "getting stuck". He had called yesterday, when they were looking for people to submit pictures of getting stuck, and left a message saying he wasn't tech savvy enough to post pictures. Marilyn is pretty sure that is true, since he still insists on using a flip phone that is full of low resolution pictures of the inside of his pocket. This article pretty much covers the interview.

Marilyn had an early appointment booked for Tuesday morning in Yorkton, so she decided to drive up there and stay overnight, hoping to get back by noon to get back to work. Al got to take over combining when she left, but it got tough so he was retired after only 15 acres.

Still it was a great day...