View of the day-Taylor, Nebraska-they have cutouts of people and animals all around the town...makes you look twice.
What a day.
We left Elm Creek around 10:30am and with a good south wind pushing us, made good time...for most of the way.
About 10 miles south of Bassett, NE Al called to let Marilyn know he had blown a tire on the cart trailer. Marilyn went ahead in to town to see if there was a tire shop, and after finding one and getting parking instructions, gave Al the news. While the tire was getting changed we went across the street to cool off and have a quick lunch. The guy was pretty fast and before long we were back on the road with 80 miles to go.
It was pretty hot out and we did have a couple of nasty valleys to get through, and one of the worst uphill climbs of the run. Marilyn was down to 3rd gear nearing the top of the hill...the camper and shop make for a daunting load, even with the wind pushing...suddenly there was a pop and whoosh of air. At first it sounded like the air blowing off on one of the big trucks, but then Marilyn realized she was in the pickup...and the turbo wasn't whistling like it usually did. She was almost at the top of the long run, so she limped it to the top and parked on the side of the road to check things out...a hose clamp had slipped off on the turbo hose...nothing serious. By the time Al made it to the top of the hill, the engine on the pickup had cooled enough to get the hose back on and clamped. It was handy having the shop trailer along for tools.
We finally made it into Hamill and after getting the Freighliner lined up beside the General, we got the camper parked, flanged in, the dish aimed and the phone hooked up, called it a day. Al went out to look at some of the crop we will be doing...at least a week away...lots of time to get the "list"looked after. Marilyn got the camper cleaned and actually had to cook supper for a change...can't be combining time too soon.
And it's back to dialup internet...
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