July 3, 2009

View of the day-Al checks out the Mustang that is getting raffled off by the local radio station, it was parked out at the CaseIH dealership.

We got to sleep in today, not due to rain but because we are done here. We went to pick up the shock that was ordered in and decided to try Perkins out for breakfast since it was on the way. Now, they are in the process of tearing up the main thoroughfare and the north side of the street is pretty much inaccessible, so we thought they wouldn't be that busy and service should be reasonable fast...it was only 10am after all. Fat chance...we killed pretty much an hour waiting for our grub.

The shock wasn't in yet, so we went out to the Case dealer to pick up some new filters and check out the toys. Al went to talk to the service manager about all things electrical on the tractor and Marilyn spent time talking to the guys up front. We have gone through several music radios in the tractor and Al has always said we should just get a fender mount one to put inside...the A/C drain plugs up and the water backs up and spills into the cab from the overhead vents...water and electronics...not a good mix. Marilyn found a waterproof radio with the weatherband and a few other bells and whistles and now Al has an early birthday present...

We went out to the field, loaded the header onto the trailer and moved the combine, tractor and cart up to the bins where the trailers were parked. We got a ride back for the pickup and General, which Al took into Albert to dump the last load. Back at the bins Marilyn blew off the header and combine then when Al got back we fixed the signal light on the Freight and put the oversized sign on the back of the combine trailer. Al got the shock put on the General then cleaned out the cab...all of this done in 98 degree heat with a strong east wind...which made blowing the chaff off a lot easier.

The weather threatened all day but stayed to the north of us and since we couldn't buy one of the clouds to keep us cool we went back into town to clean up. Al went to the internet cafe to do a bit of surfing while Marilyn did a bit of shopping...just a bit since the coffee shop closed at 9. We decided to do our fireworks shopping and drove up to the north end of town to the place we purchased our booty from last year...there must have been a hundred vehicles in the lot and lineups to get in! We didn't stop.

We went back to get the blog uploaded and watch as the storm started to move in closer and the locals are blowing off the fireworks.

It could be a long night...