October 4, 2013

View of the day-Al watching the fueling of Bob's combine as we get set up for the day. Don't let the blue sky fool you...it was pretty chilly out.

Al was out early to do his usual jobs...unloading trucks, fueling, servicing...and Marilyn made the scene around 10:30 and got right into the combine to get started. It was still pretty wet, so the going was slow, but you know the drill. Shut up and drive.

We were short a truck driver...rather, we could have used another truck driver...but once Bob got into the tractor to run the cart, some of the pressure was off Al. The run to the bins was about 16 miles, so he was constantly on the road and unfortunately, the motor that runs the swing part of the auger that goes under the hopper on the semi trailer had quit and Al had to move it manually. Not an easy job when you are used to a remote control doing the job.

Jean brought out supper in the field and while we were getting ready to eat, Al spotted something in the field. A bull moose! It was about a 1/4 mile from where we were set up and we watched as he loped across the field, stopping occasionally to see what we were doing.

By the time we finished eating, the sun had pretty much disappeared and it was cold...really cold. Good thing we had hot cups of tea to warm our hands. We were done for the night.

It took all day for our water hose to thaw out. Looks like tonight will be another hard water night...