Plugging Along

We continue to make progress in our harvest, slow but sure.  R and I agreed that Tuesday just kind of sucked.  No major problems, just a series of little things like trouble with truck tarps and augers, etc.  Sad thing was that was his last day of work and I still have weeks to go. We were in what we call the hell-hole and I was not having fun with the hills and grass coulees and no straight strips.  I said whoever broke up that land must have been crazy.  It was M that broke it up, and I knew that.  It always raises our best crop so he thinks I'm crazy!  I think they all had a good laugh at me being lost when it got dark.  All those grass coulees looked alike and I didn't want to dive into one that I shouldn't have.  They had about 40 acres left when they ran out of trucks so couldn't finish.  We had rain that night so everyone had a chance to sleep in at least. 

We always have a long "if it rains" list.  M sent J and C to haul a few loads of wheat to the elevator in Wolf Point.  R worked on packing and I got a haircut.  When I saw there was rain in the forecast I called my hairdresser and asked if she could get me in if it rained.  Thank goodness it worked out.  M's bale pickup was being worked on so he rode to Scobey with me to get it.  We also took Pete along since he was due for his shots.

We didn't get started cutting yesterday until after lunch but worked until 10:00 pm so still put in a good day.  We made a series of short moves which broke the day up a bit.  There was a flat tire on one truck so C was busy working on that which meant I had to load the semi trailers myself.  I don't like to do it because I don't judge the "piles" very well.  I get different instructions from everyone so I'm never sure if I'm doing it right.  I seem to have a tendency to load them too heavy in C's opinion.  J covered for me yesterday and told him that M loaded the truck and pup.  I always ask why they make those trailers so big if you can't fill them up.

R headed back to South Dakota yesterday so we are back to our bare-bones crew.  We had hoped that our nephew could come for a couple of weeks, but it doesn't look like that will be happening so neither C nor I will get any relief.  Gotta run....duty calls!