October 2, 2009

View of the day-Al blows out the air filter as we find a bunch of things to do at the field.

Al was up early to drop the pickup off at the body shop. He got Eugene to follow him in to give him a ride back home, but he found out it would not be ready until Monday, so he ended up coming back home with the truck.

We had to be in Grayson to visit the friendly banker...and she was friendly...then Al when over to visit with his step dad and Marilyn went to have coffee over at the hardware store with one of her old friends. After a stop at the famous Ottenbreit meat market to pick up some of their fabulous beef jerky, we went back to Esterhazy.

We stopped at the camper to hook up the shop trailer before heading out to the field to do a bit of servicing and cleaning. We changed out the fuel filters, hoping that will cure the power issues...we won't know until we actually get back into the grain. The rain gauge on the combine showed 1.2"...enough to slow things down for a few days. Mind you, back at the camper there was 2.25" of rain, so we weren't that bad off at the field. Marilyn gave the windows a thorough washing inside and out and gave them the RainX treatment...that cuts down on the frequency of hard washed that they need...a quick shot with the dash duster at night and no washing needed in the morning. Al blew out the air and cab filters and that was the end of our work for the day.

We took the scenic route home, stopping at the farmers yard to see how things were going with them. They were putting bins on hoppers, so we didn't want to keep them from their work and after a half hour, we continued on back to the camper.

Al got the shop trailer parked back in its corner of the yard, then came in to start watching football...CFL football. Al's brother, Jeff and his hired guy came over to watch the Rider game...lots of yelling going on.

Tomorrow we hit the really bright lights...we are off to Regina to watch Gordie play football in the afternoon.

But first we might have to hit an auction sale...