September 3, 2016

View of the day-Bird's eye view of the day.

The rain happened during the night, at least at the farm. We weren't sure if it had rained at the field, but we got the call that it had, so it would be a fixing day.

We drove into Kipling to get some new chain for the pickup head. We also had to pick up some parts for the farmer at the same place, which looked like the place to be in town...the lot was full of pickups. We decided to grab breakfast at the cafe and wait for the line to thin at the parts store.

When we got to the parts store to get our chain...they were out of it. Well, the stuff we wanted...the mid-price stuff, so we had to spring the extra $50 for the "better" stuff. As we paid and asked for the farmers order of parts, we discovered that he was the one who had gotten the last box of the good chain we wanted. Oh well.

We went back to the field and the other crew was out there changing oil and servicing their combines. Marilyn did the windows while Al got the rads and air filters blown out...we decided to take the shop trailer out with us and leave it there at the field. We would be working in this area for quite a few days, so we figured if the shop is here...we won't need it.

After testing a couple of times during the day, it was official around 5pm that we wouldn't be combining. So we were camperbound for the night.

When Marilyn was cleaning out the cupboards after "mousefest", she found one of those mouse traps with the fake cheese on it. After filling all the cracks and holes with steel wool, putting bounce sheets in the cupboards and plugging in the sonic repeller, she set the traps and put them back in the same places adding the fake cheese one to the mix.

None of those things work...except the fake cheese. Al opened the door and there it was...another mouse.

Here we go again...or maybe not...