We were both up early today...AIS was 8 am. Marilyn wanted to get the windows cleaned for her afternoon shift and Al wanted to get the filters blown out. We got that done and Al started combining while Marilyn went back to the camper to get lunch together.
Al had a few issues with old stumps getting in and breaking a few disappearing fingers...in addition to the ones from yesterday. He also had issues with netting from the cow guys and their baling. The left over net that they would wrap the bales with would be bundled up and get caught in the pickup teeth, then start wrapping...it did not want to let go. Al got a knife out and made short work of it, but it still took time away from combining.
The field we are on is two sections, which is one mile wide by 2 miles long. The swaths run the mile long run, so as you can imagine, the buggy man has his work cut out for him. Not only is it a long trek back and forth to the trucks, he has to deal with the long swaths cutting him off from the five combines, which are on every other swath...and he can't drive over the swaths. Yes, he has to have a plan...and hope that everyone works along with it.
Al came back to the camper to watch the CFL football game between rivals, Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Marilyn got to drive combine while he was cheering on the Riders...it must have helped, they won. He came back out to the field after the game and switched out with Marilyn, until they shut down at 8 pm.
Weather looks promising for the next while...
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