September 5, 2019

View of the day-Al coming down the line through the oats.

We woke up to fog this morning. So much fog, in fact, that the guys hauling grain to the elevator could only see 1/4 mile in front of them and had to use the wipers to keep the moisture off the window. Fortunately for us, the sun broke through and slowly burned it off.

Al took off to do some servicing on the combine out at the field. The plan was to try a test around 3pm, so he just killed a few hours out at the field with one of the other combiners until it was time to cut. 

Marilyn was still working on the books while listening to a chickadee tapping on the back window all day. He was trying to pick a fight with his reflection in the window and refused to give up. The thought was, once the sun quit reflecting on that side, he would be gone...he was when the sun went down.

The guys got going right on time and although the straw was a bit tough, the oats were "dry" enough to continue on. Marilyn showed up at the field to bring Al supper and ride around a bit before going back to the camper just after sunset.

They didn't get to go much longer...once the sun set, it got real tough.

No rain in the forecast for tomorrow, so maybe there will be an early start...