July 19, 2011

View of the day-Unloading at the Winner elevator...in the overflow section, because of the line up..no line up back here, though.

Al was up early and out to the field to get the General loaded with the cart full from last night, then take it in to the elevator. Marilyn went in with the pickup to get fuel and harvest permits from the county treasurers office, and was pleasantly surprised not to have to stand in line this year.

Back at the field, the combine got serviced and started cutting to finish off Al's second load of the day, which also finished that field. We only had to move across the field to start in on the last 50 acres for Roger. Once Al and Roger got everything moved closer to the field, he was off again with another load...and Marilyn continued cutting.

Marilyn took the last pass around 4:30pm, by then Al was back at the field and the plan was to get the header into transport, take it to the lot, then go back to the field and blow out the radiators and air filters while Al took half the last load to town. There was way too much for one load, so he had to split it into two 'short' loads.

Once the rads were cleaned, Marilyn roaded the combine back to town where Al was waiting at the camper...trying to get a little cool air after his run to Winner. She jumped in the General with him and went back out to the field to bring the pickup and shop trailer in, while he dumped the cart then brought it back to the lot. We went back out with the Dodge to get the General, then Marilyn left it at the camper, jumped in with Al and made the trip into the elevator with him.

After dumping and getting his free pop from the elevator, we stopped at McDonald's for a quick snack, then headed back to Hamill to call it a day. It was another stifling day...106º with the humidex...again...but at least there was a strong wind to keep the sweat off. Unfortunately it was out of the SW, which Al had to drive against with a loaded truck.

One more day of this nasty heat, then we hit the cool down...90º...