November 12, 2008

View of the day-The General pulling into the Skyline at Carlyle to wait out the fog before moving home.

We got up early to have coffee with our hosts before attempting to leave for home, but one look out the window had us drinking another cup of coffee hoping the sun would come out soon and burn off the thick fog that was hanging around. We decided to go to the Skyline for breakfast and wait it out there as everyone else had gone to work. The four mile trip into town was interesting as you can see by the traffic...with hardly 1/4 mile of visibility, it was a mad dash when it looked clear.

As the sun came up over the cloud banks the fog lifted and we figured we had it made, until we got into the Moose Mountain Park...the visibility was even worse but by the time we hit the north end the sun was shining and we were able to drop the hammer and get as far as Whitewood where we made a pit stop...Marilyn for the usual break and Al to drop in at the AGCO dealership. Marilyn waited for Al to get back to the truck, but finally gave up and forged on to Grayson where she picked up the mail and met Al back at the 22 highway junction.

We kept hearing the weather reports from Yorkton about heavy fog and by the time we got there it was sprinkling and foggy. We got out to the farm and Marilyn unloaded the pickup then went to help Al get the combine unloaded out on the road. After parking the combine on our lawn, we hooked the trailer back up to the General and Al took it out to it's winter spot out by the art and other trailer. First we had to unload the toys Al had purchased that were in the box of the grain truck.

We loaded everything into the pickup and parked it in the garage to keep everything dry...Marilyn was going to take the car into town to meet Al for coffee later on...unfortunately the battery was dead, so she had to unload everything off the pickup to take it into town. After changing back the forwarded mail, getting the local newspaper off vacation and stopping at Staples to get her work schedule for next week, Marilyn met Al for coffee then they cruised the Dodge lot to check out the new one tons...pretty nice...

Back at the farm it was unpacking time and while Marilyn took care of everything else, Al unpacked his toy collection. He purchased a case of 1/32, 9430 John Deere tractors...2500 green ones were made and 250 'gunmetal' colored ones were randomly placed in cases that were sold. Al came running into the house in a lather...he had found one of the gunmetal ones in his case of tractors...what a coupe! A check on ebay has them at $475...this one is going in the collection.

Darlene, our house sitter and next door neighbor, came over for a visit to talk all things hockey...it was a very informative visit...a lot of things have happened since we have been away. She did complain about the combine parked on the lawn that she had worked so hard to manicure...we assured her it wouldn't be there long.

Marilyn got to take her new Wii components for a test drive...a little guitar hero, some fishing, pool playing and of course the Wii Fit...a big thrill, her Wii Fit age is 39!

Not bad considering she is knocking on the door of the early seniors discount...