Rolling in the oats.
We got going on the oats at 10am, which was a nice change. The outside rounds were desiccated, so they went through quite nice, but as we moved further into the field, things changed. The straw was a bit greener, which slowed us down and a couple of times we had to go pull straw out of the spreaders in the back.
The clouds had started to roll in and we could see those rogue showers again, all around us. We were pretty lucky for the most part, but eventually one hit us and according to the harvesters rule..."you don't quit in the rain until it's running off the header", meant we were done.
We got the combines parked and just as we were getting set to move back to the yard, we got a call that a mile down the road, on the other end of the field, it hadn't rained. Rogue showers. So we moved the combines over and started combining again...it was dry, just as predicted. For about 15 minutes, then the sky opened up again. We were done for sure, this time.
We went back to the camper, then cleaned up a bit and headed down to Carlyle, to Kim and Marg's. Marilyn was going to stay overnight so Marg and her could get an early start to Moose Jaw tomorrow morning. Al and Kim watched the debacle that was the Saskatchewan Roughrider football game...we lost again...8 losses and 1 win for the season. Then Al came back to the camper.
It's been a while since the whole family was together, so there was plenty of visiting, but the girls were going to miss the jam session in the evening. Marilyn and Marg had to get back home to get back to work...Marg is now the combine driver at Carlyle and Marilyn has to keep Al on the straight and narrow...thanks to the auto steer that he is coming around to appreciate.
With the sun shining and warm temperatures Al and the guys got combining around 1pm. They were able to work the oats until the sun went down, then it was just like a switch was flipped. Tough again.
Tomorrow it is back to normal and this time there is no rain in the forecast...
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