The rain started around midnight on Friday, so we knew we would be having Saturday off. Al had made arrangements to meet a guy in Langbank to do a toy tractor deal and after the exchange and a long chat about all things toys, the deal was done.
We decided to take a trip down to Carlyle to visit with Marilyn's sister's family. Kim was getting ready to go out and do a test on some durum wheat. He had gone out with the combine, so Al got a bit of truck driving in when he took the tandem truck out to the field. The moisture was 15.2%, so they were going to do a couple of trucks full, so they came back to the yard to get the semi and the other combine, which Al was going to drive, giving Marg a break.
Within about 20 minutes, it started to sprinkle...then it started to rain. Done for the day. They got everything tarped before the big rain settled in, but even if the sun came out, there would be no more for the day. Gordie was swathing canola and managed to stay out for another 45 minutes before giving that up, too. We left Carlyle and came back to the camper to settle in for the night.
More rain during the night. Another day off. We had a visit from Al's brother, Jeff, who had ridden his motor bike down from his farm at Gerald. It was a nice day for that once the sun came out.
Since the sun was shining, we decided we might as well try to get out to the combine and move it back over to the other farmers oats. We had left the combine sitting on top of a high hill when we had quit on Friday, but the bad part was that it was on the far side of the quarter section and we had no idea what the field conditions were. Shut up and drive.
It wasn't as bad as we thought it would be, and after starting it up, dumping out the 1" if rain in the gauge, and getting the raccoon $hit cleaned off the back deck, we started the move to the oats. After parking it next to the other combine and grain cart, we went back to the camper Just in time for some more sprinkles to start up again.
Monday morning we woke to the sound of rain. Again. We had a road trip planned for the day, since we knew we wouldn't be combining even before the rain came. Another toy tractor deal, but this time it was a bit further...we were going to Brandon, Manitoba...about a two hour drive.
We took a short cut across the grid roads, which weren't in the best of shape thanks to the rain. It didn't shorten the time, though. We met the toy man at McDonald's, had a short visit then grabbed a sub and headed back home, with a back seat full of toy tractors...all 1/16 size so it doesn't take a lot of them to fill it up.
More rain during the day and tornado warnings to the south of us, but nothing touched the ground. Another day off coming up.
Today we didn't do much of anything, except open all the windows in the camper to enjoy the sun and breeze after all that rain from the past few days.
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