We didn't even have time to relax after the show last week, we went back to work for a couple days, then got geared up for the next show.
We actually did a bit of "harvest" related work, getting the new header loaded on the high-speed transport trailer. The combine was already in at White's Ag, where it had been used to help the service guys get the new header assembled and running on the combine. Once they were finished with the prep, we loaded the header and Al brought the combine home.
There were still radio issues in the combine, so Marilyn went to the CaseIH dealership to see about getting another one to test and see if it was the radio, or the speakers that were the problem. Fortunately, there wasn't a pile of splicing that had to be done to get it hooked up...the cables had the exact hookups. How often does that happen?
It turned out to be the radio that was the problem, so the new one got installed and the next thing on the agenda will be to get all the spiderwebs cleaned out.
So we left for North Battleford on Thursday...just to give us some time to scope out the area and get settled in. On Friday, we went out to get set up on the grounds next to one of the main tents, just behind "Main Street" in Old Town.
The Western Development Museums (WDM)of Saskatchewan are situated in 4 different cities in the province and each one has a different theme. Moose Jaw has "History of Transportation", Saskatoon has "1910 Boomtown", Yorkton has "Story of People" and North Battleford has "Heritage Village". All have a great history of the province and Canada.
The Heritage Village has a couple of main streets with buildings that would have been around back in the "old days". We were able to set up our tent behind one of the stores on the main street, one which we hoped would protect us from the winds that were forecast for Saturday.
Roger showed up and we proceeded to get the tent set up. With the help of the practice run earlier in the week, we were able to get it set up and battened down. There were weather warnings in the area, so we decided not to take any chances by putting out the toys...not even in the boxes...everything else stayed in the cargo trailers for the night. It was a good thing.
We had quite the downpour over night, getting almost an inch of rain, and the wind had gotten up...some towns to the southeast had reported plow winds and there were a lot of trees down and power out. Roger took an early morning drive past the grounds and came back to the camper with the news that we would be doing some repair work to the tent. It was in the same spot, but the roof was a lot lower than how we had left it.
We had planned on starting the setup around 7am, but with the state of the tent, we were hoping to get everything up by noon. We had a couple of the roof braces buckle, but with the help of the guys from the WDM, we had a 2x4 stuck in the ground working as the main upright for the centre of the tent.
We got the tables set up and were only an hour or so behind the starting time, but we fought the wind all day.
The wind went down in the evening and by Sunday, we had a beautiful cool, calm day...until the sun came out. The show was over after the parade of power at 5pm, and we were lucky enough to have the sides open on the tent and a great view of the parade.
After the parade it was time to pack up and load the trailers.Roger was going home once he got packed, but we had decided to stay over one more night, so we wouldn't get home in the middle of it. We still haven't decided
We got Roger loaded up and on his way, then proceeded to get our stuff put away and the tent taken down. We never really noticed until we were almost finished, that there wasn't anyone left on the grounds. No one.
Fortunately, we knew a back way out. Too bad it was not passable due to the big rain...it was blocked off. We were lucky to find a guy out by the boon-docking trailers that let us out the gate and we were able to find a back road around the mud bog to get back to the highway and home to the camper. What a weekend.
We got back home Monday afternoon, parked the camper on the lawn and tried to get rejuvenated and "in the zone" to go back to work.
Harvesting is just a couple weeks off for us, so now it is time to get back into that zone.
Al even got the General out of the bushes and aired up the tires...
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