Our harvest began about ten days ago (time flies), but it's been a bit hit and miss. The pea harvest took about a day since most of our peas are rolled up in bales or pulverized from the hail. So then they waited for some lentils to be ready cutting a hundred acres every couple of days. Not good for the bottom line when we have a rental combine sitting idle. On the bright side, the lentils are thick and tall (for lentils which don't get tall) and running well. We've had so much rain and higher humidity than we're used to that there is some mold on the plants. Yesterday we finally got a good day of cutting in so maybe we'll be on a run from here.
I've been on lunch duty except for the day I was at work when K took over. She and the baby have moved to their camper so they can see J once in awhile and he won't have to drive those extra miles home. I'm excited that I can see the baby every day. I had to laugh when I was helping her unload the pickup into the camper because her camper is better stocked than my house has ever been. I think the guys were pretty excited to have her do lunch. They know I'm not into it. I can't even plan, I don't have the gene.
Yesterday she and the baby rode out to the field with me when I was taking lunch out. She got to go home, but I had to stay to help them make a move down the road. I was happy to get some reading time in. I was riding back to town with C in a truck. There's this monstrous hill to climb to get to the highway. C has spun out on it before, and I think it makes him nervous. It makes me nervous! We made it up the hill fine and had just turned onto the highway when there was a funny noise and then an alarm that the engine had no oil pressure. He turned it off right away and went out to investigate. There was no oil leaking anywhere, and ultimately I think they determined it was the oil pump. Not good since the engine had just been overhauled.
Anyway, C called J who was going to get another truck to pull the disabled one into Richland and get the load off. In the meantime, we're sitting on the highway and C decided to see if it will coast so we can get it to a better spot. He took the brakes off to see if it would roll. At first it didn't seem like it was going to, but then it slowly started inching forward, and we were off....one mile, up a little rise, two miles, down a hill, three miles, then a hill and a curve. We didn't think we'd make it up the last small hill, but we did, made the curve and had Richland in our sights. He finally had to use the brakes to make the turn into Richland, with no power steering, and we finally came to a stop about a block from where our bins are, close to five miles from where we started. About that time J called to see where the heck we were.
Never a dull moment here...and, now, if anyone asks, I can assure them that it's all downhill from Glentana to Richland.
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