June 26, 2010

View of the day-It was the hottest day of the run so far…the heat index was at 107º

We got out to the field and were able to start right away…well, after rearranging a few things. Al had to run the cart out to the middle of the field so we could get the far end done without having to drive to the trucks. Once everything was in place, Al continued hauling to the elevator and Marilyn finished combining.

We got the main field finished then had to move over to a 10 acre patch, but in order to get to it we had to take the header off to move through the tree lined low spot. We got the header swapped out in record time…we’re getting a lot of practice at it…then started to combine the last chunk for this area. Once we finished and got the trucks full, Al took the semi to the elevator and Marilyn went over to the first field we had done to get the Horst header trailer. She waited for Al at Ken’s yard, where he dropped their semi off, then went back to the combine to load the header.

After the header was loaded, Al took it up to the bins and Marilyn followed in the combine. Ken picked us up and took us back to the field so Al could get the General to take it to the elevator and Marilyn got to move the tractor and cart back to the bins. After getting it parked, Marilyn went to pick Al up at the elevator, where he left the General for the night.

It was a busy day everywhere as the weather has been ideal for harvesting with combines and trucks flying down the back roads. There aren’t a lot of fields left and there is harvesting being done all the way up to the Kansas/Nebraska border. There is a chance of thunderstorms tonight and the clouds were starting to build in the west, hopefully when the front passes through it will cool off a bit.

We got back to town in the daylight…a first this week…had supper, then went back to the camper. We had such plans since we had gotten off early, but by the time the showers were done, we didn’t feel like doing anything.

Tomorrow we load up again…