View of the day-The bridge over the Qu'Appelle River on #9 Hwy...some good graffiti over the years.
We heard rain coming down around 5:30am so we knew we wouldn't be combining. What a far cry from yesterday's weather...time to layer on the clothes...strong north winds and cold temperatures. No need for air conditioning today.
Today's plan was to take the straight header up to Esterhazy and scope out a camping spot...not an easy thing to do with the summer officially over. With the temps dropping, most places are thinking about having the water shut off to prevent bursting pipes. It would be a long commute if we drove from Yorkton...although some people do it all the time...we drive enough all summer.
We dropped the header off at a farmers yard just north of the Qu'Appelle Valley and after Al had a half hour chat with him, we left for Grayson. We stopped in to get our mail and have a visit with Al's step-dad and do a bit of banking, then carried on to Esterhazy. We checked out the local campground...kind of packed and it looked like we might have to do some fancy driving to back into it...an option.
We met the farmer and Al jumped in with him, Marilyn followed as he toured us around the fields we have to do...straight canola...that should be interesting. It doesn't look like we will be making it to Atwater after all. We got back to town, grabbed a sub, then headed back for Carlyle.
Al got his football fix in as he watched the game in the house with Kim, who was relaxing from an afternoon of combining...well, a semi load at least. Apparently the sun came out in the afternoon and he was able to get a little more combining done while we were gone. Marilyn toughed it out in the camper, working on some stuff for the theatre group meeting tomorrow night...pretty chilly, only 58ºF inside.
It's a slippery slope once the furnace gets started for the first time.
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