August 5, 2009

View of the day-Finishing off the last of the South Dakota rye at Gettysburg.

We got up early, considering how late we got to bed last night and tried to figure out what we would do with the day. Al spent a lot of time on the phone with our home phone company trying to figure out how the 'great deal' they talked us into when we left home could be costing so much...he didn't get very far.

Marilyn wanted to go to Aberdeen to see the local community theatre performance of 'The Producers' and perhaps do a bit of shopping, since Al was clever enough to take the 'no mall' route home yesterday.

Al's plan was to leave Gettysburg around 4:30pm to get to Aberdeen in time for the show...how convenient. We went out to the combine to put the new guards that had been delivered in the tool box and while we were there we thought...what the heck, lets do a test. Al had no hope that it would go...the weather really didn't seem to be conducive to drying and they were very particular the load could not be over 14%. Al cut a sample and Marilyn took it into the elevator where it tested 13.5% and the man said go ahead and cut a load.

Al was at the combine so he started cutting while Marilyn dropped the pickup off at the camper and took the General out to the field. Once it had a load, Al took it in to the elevator to dump and Marilyn finished up the field...finally done with the rye. Al thought it would take forever...as it has in pretty much every year we have been combining it here. Marilyn rode in with Al to the elevator for the last load, then it was back to the camper for the rest of the night.

After a visit from our other farmer, we found out the spring wheat has to be dry enough to go in a bin so that means we are off for another few days...Aberdeen here we come...

Got to get rested up for tomorrow...