July 11, 2012

View of the day-The SD DOT are at it again.  We followed this one through the road construction south of Selby.

Al was up early to visit with a few of the farmers we had worked for in the past.  After he finished visiting he got one of the propane tanks from the camper filled, then came back to the camper.  He got back just as Marilyn was getting a phone call from Gerry wondering what was up with Al’s phone.  When we tried to call his cell phone, we got a message that they couldn’t connect to the number as dialled…now what?

We called Sasktel, pressed several different numbers, got put on hold forever, then finally talked to a live person…who was in the wrong department.  After an hour, we finally got to talk to a tech and he said Al’s phone was the problem.  We could still call out, but he couldn’t receive calls, so we got them to set up call forward.  Now, Al doesn’t believe in subscribing to all those “fancy extras”, so now we had to add the option of call forwarding…just until we get the phone fixed.  Then it’s off again.

Gerry had told Al about a farmer near Selby that might be looking for some harvest help, so decided to take a road trip after having lunch at the Medicine Rock.  While we were having lunch, there was also a table full of Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol officers...just what every harvester wants to see.  There was a crew that had driven by the restaurant just as the DOT guys were leaving…yep…they got stopped.  They must have been alright, because Marilyn got Al to drive by to take a picture, but they were already gone.

We left for Selby and going through the construction, followed one of the DOT vehicles...we thought for sure they would have the scales set up on the highway north of Selby.  We stopped out at the farm to try and find the farmer to talk to, but no one was around, so we went north of Selby a few miles…no DOT, so that was a relief.  We stopped at the farm on our way back through Selby, but still had no luck, so it was back to Gettysburg.

On the way back, we stopped at the Freightliner to drop off a few things for storage in the box, watch Casey make a round with his JD, then came back to Gettysburg, grabbed some chef salad fixin’s at the grocery store and called it a day.

No idea what tomorrow will bring…