Are we in MN or KS?

Well it sure has rained a lot in NW Kansas lately, and the mosquitos are THICK. I thought those buggers would stay in MN, but unfortunately they are here as well....

Thursday for lunch I made 1 package of bacon and 4 batches of pancakes, thinking there would be a lot of leftover pancakes for breakfast the next day. They must have tasted good because there was only 7 or 8 pancakes left!

We have really slow internet here and sometimes it won't even connect for us. But it seemed ok now so I thought I would try to get an update on here.

Yesterday afternoon was the first day since I've been back that some combining was done. The ground was pretty muddy in some areas yet though. On Monday of this week the guys had taken 2 combines and heads to where our next stop will be 100 miles away in NE Colorado since we only had about 20 acres to finish up here when the ground dried out. They kept the combine with rear-wheel assist here as it has been muddy. We only have 2 combine trailers so we always have to back-track anyways when we move. Since it has been rainy they thought they'd move them up there ahead of time. Well in the past few days we have had a few more local farmers stop in or call us to see if we could help finish cut their wheat. It has been great to pick up a few hundred more acres to cut here, so this morning Andy, Jim, & Winston went to bring back 1 combine and head to help finish up here. It rained a little last night again but now just finishing up lunch they are going to go try combining again. Hopefully it will go good all afternoon.

We try to keep an eye on the weather everywhere we have jobs and stay in contact with the farmers when we can. Southern Oklahoma is still in a severe drought. That was our 1st stop of the season and it rained some while we were there but hasn't rained at all since around the 20th of May. We wish we could send some rain down to them. They need moisture desperately or they may not even be able to plant winter wheat. In town they will have to water their grass and that is what most people complain and think about, but for farmers and ranchers it is very serious as their livlihood is dependent on the weather. I know you do not know them, but you would like them if you met them, they are kind people trying to make a living in simillar ways many of you are back home. So please think of that area and those people in your prayers, that they be blessed with some timely rains.