We were both out at the field this morning to get organized for the move to the next field. Marilyn had to get retrained on how to service the combine...it had been quite some time since she had last handled the grease gun and fuel nozzle. It all came back in no time at all and once the combine was warmed up, we were ready to make the move.
We got the General moved first after it was unloaded, then came back for the combine. Once we got to the field, Marilyn started cutting to see how it was going to work. It didn't. After going about 10 ft, the flax wrapped around the auger and Al was back to pulling straw. We figured we would take a break, since it was still only 11am, and went down to Fort Qu'Appelle for lunch.
The Dairy Queen was our choice...we had eaten at the one in Yorkton just last week and they have a couple of specials that are reasonably priced...for Canada. We had finished our lunch and were topping up our beverage and the pop machine that was out on the floor for the customers, when the "soda cop" comes running over and says "refills are $1.05". What?? Apparently all DQ's are not the same...usually when the pop machines are out for the customer to fill, refills are free. We dumped our cups and gave them back to her.
Back at the field, we tried several strategies...changing directions, staying out of the downed flax, nothing worked...10 ft and we were pulling again. This was not going to work today. After talking to Bob, he suggested moving over to another field to see if that would make any difference. Boy, did it ever! This flax was going through like butter and Marilyn was even able to see the top side of 3 mph. Considering we never got started until 3pm and we were still able to get almost 70 acres done.
Once Marilyn was on a roll and Al got the truck unloaded one last time, he went back to the camper to watch his Seattle Seahawks make short work of the Arizona Cardinals...a good end to his day. Marilyn got one truck filled before it started to get tough, then Al came out to pick her up.
There could be a light at the end of the tunnel...
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