View of the day-Finally we get to leave...the border in sight. Nasty weather, on the brink of snow...yes, SNOW...in June of all things.
Well, we finally are able to officially start the season after a long couple of months of waiting and wondering if we would ever get the chance. We had everything ready to go for the middle of May, but we(and several other harvesters) had quite a time getting final approval for our work visas...a change in filing offices has created a lot of grief...compounded by the fact that there isn't a live person to talk to when you are trying to find out what the problem is.
It was a month of deciding if we were going to be able to leave, or leave later, or not at all...several options were weighed, but thanks to Al's perseverance, we finally got word from the border that the approval had been faxed in to them and we were okay to go. Of course, because we had no idea what was going on while we were in limbo, we never moved the camper, or did a lot of final prep, just in case it was a waste of time...which means panic time to get going...it is a good thing we didn't have to make our first stop in Davidson, OK...
We were still both working, so after finding out on Friday that we had the okay to go, we threw some things together to take the first load down...the load that was sitting waiting patiently at Carlyle for us. We got to Carlyle and the first thing we had to do was hook up the trailer to the Freight again...then get the brake lights working.
While Marilyn and her sister, Marg got the lights figured out, Al and Kim worked on getting the straight header out from the barn where it had been stored...behind several other pieces of equipment. Once it was moved out, we discovered there was a serious wiring problem on the header trailer...the lights stayed on even when the truck was turned off. Once the wiring experts had a look at it, a few changes and the lights were working better that before...now we could roll.
We got a few miles south of town and hit the rain, which we would stay in the whole way to Minot. We got to the border around 5pm and had the shortest stop we ever had getting the machinery and visas done...we were through in 15 minutes...amazing after the weeks of waiting. Really a pleasant surprise...we even had "Mr. Happy" checking out our serial numbers and he was 180 degrees different from last year.
We made Minot, parked the header and truck, then booked into the Comfort Inn for the night. Tomorrow we will put a lot of miles behind us as we drop the hammer and head for Kansas to park things so we can race back home to get the camper and combine loaded to make the trip again. We said we would never move down that way again, one after the other.
Shut up and drive...
Well, we finally are able to officially start the season after a long couple of months of waiting and wondering if we would ever get the chance. We had everything ready to go for the middle of May, but we(and several other harvesters) had quite a time getting final approval for our work visas...a change in filing offices has created a lot of grief...compounded by the fact that there isn't a live person to talk to when you are trying to find out what the problem is.It was a month of deciding if we were going to be able to leave, or leave later, or not at all...several options were weighed, but thanks to Al's perseverance, we finally got word from the border that the approval had been faxed in to them and we were okay to go. Of course, because we had no idea what was going on while we were in limbo, we never moved the camper, or did a lot of final prep, just in case it was a waste of time...which means panic time to get going...it is a good thing we didn't have to make our first stop in Davidson, OK...
We were still both working, so after finding out on Friday that we had the okay to go, we threw some things together to take the first load down...the load that was sitting waiting patiently at Carlyle for us. We got to Carlyle and the first thing we had to do was hook up the trailer to the Freight again...then get the brake lights working.
While Marilyn and her sister, Marg got the lights figured out, Al and Kim worked on getting the straight header out from the barn where it had been stored...behind several other pieces of equipment. Once it was moved out, we discovered there was a serious wiring problem on the header trailer...the lights stayed on even when the truck was turned off. Once the wiring experts had a look at it, a few changes and the lights were working better that before...now we could roll.
We got a few miles south of town and hit the rain, which we would stay in the whole way to Minot. We got to the border around 5pm and had the shortest stop we ever had getting the machinery and visas done...we were through in 15 minutes...amazing after the weeks of waiting. Really a pleasant surprise...we even had "Mr. Happy" checking out our serial numbers and he was 180 degrees different from last year.
We made Minot, parked the header and truck, then booked into the Comfort Inn for the night. Tomorrow we will put a lot of miles behind us as we drop the hammer and head for Kansas to park things so we can race back home to get the camper and combine loaded to make the trip again. We said we would never move down that way again, one after the other.
Shut up and drive...
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