June 23, 2009

View of the day-Taking the last swipe of Oklahoma wheat.

We got going at 9:30am and could have probably been going sooner but the servicing took a bit of time. The day was one of the hottest yet...stifling and sticky...but it is summer in Oklahoma, we know what to expect. Still it was dang hot.

We managed to get finished around 3pm and while Al took the last load into the elevator, Marilyn got the header unhooked and loaded on the trailer and headed for Cherokee where Al met her once he was done dumping. After fueling up the General at the Coop, we went for a much needed cold drink and met up with our farmer to get a ride back to the field to bring back the combine, tractor and cart.

When we got back to Cherokee, the plan was to get things loaded, but the heat was making that impossible...no amount of cold liquids would cool us down, so we gave up and went back to the camper to wait until evening. Once it cooled of into the low 90's, around 8pm, we went back out and got everything loaded and tied down...Al even took the time to change oil on the combine. Within an hour we were ready to have supper at Pizza Hut...at Marilyn's request for a change. Might have had something to do with the ultra-cold air-conditioning the have there...she usually complains about how cold it is...not today.

Back at the camper we got the grain tickets organized and bookwork done before hitting the shower and heading out to find the internet...Marilyn is still cursing Sasktel and their high priced data plan for her Blackberry...totally useless in Oklahoma and Kansas. At 12:30am it is 87ºF/29ºC on the bank thermometer...

Most of the crews are gone now...we were among the last ones to get here and almost the last to go...