A Surprise on Saturday

Saturday morning Jon & I headed to the field while the others got more fuel and the semis. I blew off the combines with the leaf blower then Jon started greasing. The other guys got to the field shortly. Carl, the farmer's father-in-law was the 1st of their crew to get to the field, he beat us there actaully. He did almost all of the servicing for their machines. He came over to me and asked my name and told me his. He said I am a Peach of a grain cart driver, that I did a wonderful job yesterday and must have had a good teacher. He said he had something for me, but had to get it from his old pickup. I did not know what to expect. He came back with something round wrapped in a couple paper towels. It was a peach!! It made me laugh and made my day! It was deliciously juicy too. He sure is a charming old guy :) Then he proceeded to grease up their grain cart. He started to climb up the ladder to grease the auger, Andy offered to do it for him, but he refused. He climbed right up there and shimmyed out on the auger like a nimble monkey while all the 20-something year olds watched and prayed he wouldn't fall. Andy asked him how old he was, he replied, "22!" Though we know he is actually 80!!

We finished up that field. The farmer sent us to a 250 acre field and he headed to another field. I went back to the camper mid-afternoon to get started on supper of venison, cheesy hashbrown bake, and chocolate zucchini cake. While I was in the midst of making this with dishes and ingredients everywhere, there was a knock on the door, my heart stopped for a moment, till I peeked out the window and there stood our dear neighbors Kenard & Jean! I was so happy to see them! After I finished putting the potatoes together and in the oven I took them out to the field. They had apparantly been to the black hills for a short vacation and decided to head home on 212 for a change of scenery. They stopped in Dupree for supper at the Ranch House Cafe (it is excellent), spotted Andy and our semi and the rest is history. Everyone enjoyed the surprise visit and we had lots of good laughs in the field, but they couldn't stay long and headed home before dark.