September 14, 2017

View of the day-Combine moving day as Shane from Kardynal Transport does the heavy lifting.

We should have gotten to sleep in this morning, but with thoughts of all the things we had to do...it just didn't happen.

We went into town to run a few errands...get the mail and the local paper to get caught up. We also had to go out to the CaseIH dealership to pick up some toys that Al had ordered a while back. He was quite keen to dig into them, since they were sealed cases with the possibility of one of the six toys in each case being a "chase" unit...a rose gold, or copper colored replica of the regular style.

These were 1/64 scale CaseIH 2017 Farm Show combines, with no model number, just a 175 years sticker on the side. While Al was driving down to Kipling, Marilyn got to open them up and share the news from each one...yay or nay. 

Luckily, we got one in each case of the two that we bought! Al is planning on keeping one and there have been several people bidding for the other one.

We met the truck driver on the way to Kipling and after loading up...actually Shane, the driver, did that all on his own...we had a chat with the farmer. We got the pickup rigged up with the pilot vehicle signage, added a radio for contact and headed out in the rain. Fortunately it was a light rain, so at least the combine didn't get too dusty on the road.

The trip up was uneventful...if you don't count the idiot drivers on four wheels who just don't get wide loads. There was a stop in Yorkton to fuel the big rig, then we were off to our final destination.

It had rained a bit more at the farm yard, but we got the combine unloaded without rutting it up too much at all.  We did a bit of servicing, and Marilyn tried to get the autosteer working with some new cabling that she had been given at the Rocky Mountain CaseIH dealership in Yorkton. It was still a "no go", so the tech from Rocky offered to come out tomorrow and look at it.

We stopped at the camper to grab the satellite receiver so Al could watch his NFL football game at home. But before heading home, Marilyn talked Al into driving up to Stenen...about 20 miles north...for supper.

The old school in Stenen...population 91...has been transformed into a western themed restaurant. They have added on to it over the past few years, including a firepit area. 

When we pulled into town, Al thought there must be a funeral somewhere since there were so many vehicles lining the streets. The restaurant is very popular in the area and it was full! Excellent meal and they even changed the channel on the TV in our room so Al could see his NFL game.

The drive home to Yorkton seemed to take forever...