View of the day-Unloaded and getting things set up for soybeans in Pingree, North Dakota.
Well, we were up at the crack of dawn, which thankfully arrives a lot later than it used to in the summer. We left Carlyle around 8:30am and with no wind to speak of made the border an hour later.
We stopped at the Canadian side and were very happy to see our old friend working at the port. We gave him the paperwork, and once again he said "you don't need this". we told him of our experience coming through the last time and he just rolled his eyes...a couple of times according to Al. He stamped and initialed just in case and when Marilyn asked if it was okay to call the border to see who was working before we crossed, he laughed and said to call and ask for the hours of operation and that way you would figure out who was there by their voice. On to the USA side...
Marilyn pulled up to the stop sign with Al right behind her and was uncertain how to take the fact that a new officer was coming out of the building...and another new one was right behind him...just great. He looked at our passports then took the paper work Marilyn had filled out in duplicate and went in to check us out while we waited in the vehicles...still no "feeling" for what we were going to experience. He came back out with his partner and while one went and "browsed" the serial numbers the other talked to Marilyn about where we were going, and how it was obvious we had experience crossing considering the way the forms were filled out. He got Marilyn to sign both copies and then said...
Have a nice day, and walked away!!! We never even got out of the trucks...and we were there for less than 10 minutes...what a crap shoot...
So we were through and on our way to Pingree. After a pit stop in Drake, we drove straight through to the farm and got unloaded. Once Marilyn got the combine all lubed up and the windows washed...funny how the truck driver has to do the combine drivers work...we moved about 10 miles out to the field. Once out there, we got the header hooked on the combine and ran it to see how it would work. After tweaking a few things and getting the crop dividers on, it was dark and time to call it a day. While we were there, the John Deere and CaseIH combines that we would be working with each had a breakdown so they called it a day as well...the Case with a header repair and the JD with a gearbox issue.
Back at the farm, we got booked into our room then went out for supper. Marilyn had planned on going in to the Walmart Supercenter after dropping Al off at the farm, but even though it is a 24 hour store, she just didn't have the energy to enjoy it so she will get up early and get some shopping in after an early night...ah, yes...the time change again...
A pretty darn good day, and hopefully we roll tomorrow...
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