August 5, 2013

View of the day-Getting ready to leave Nebraska and head north.

We spent the morning getting everything that was left hooked up and ready to hit the road.  We finally were ready for action by 1pm.  Saw a cute little custom motor home in the lot.

Chris was leading the pack pulling the crew trailer, followed by Gerry with the combine and double header trailer, Al with a combine and the cargo trailer, then Lynn in the motor home and for a change of pace, Marilyn brought up the rear of the convoy.  

Too bad, it still didn't leave much time to take pictures along the way...except through the windshield.  

When we took a pit stop at Kadoka, SD before we got onto the interstate, we did get to take a few pictures of "Scrappy"...a pretty good sized sculpture made out of scrap.

Once we hit the interstate, we were able to cruise along at a good clip, and except for having to go directly through the city of Pierre, we still made pretty good time.  Once we got to the junction of the 212 and 83 highways, Marilyn went straight into Gettysburg, while the rest of the crew continued on to the farm, about 20 miles north.

Marilyn got to the campground...it was pretty full...and found a space to pull in to. It wasn't our usual spot, but since we were only planning on staying a couple days...well..."any port in a storm".  Fortunately, one of the other harvesters in the campground came over to guide her into the spot and within 30 minutes, the camper was all set up and she was on her way to pick up Al.

Tomorrow we get to see how our rigs survived...