Click on the above photo to see slide show of the start of cleanup.Yesterday we got the word that we will be done hauling seed probably by the beginning of next week some time, and since the loads have only been 2 to 3 totes at a time, we started cleanup on dryers 5 and 6, which were only used 3 or 4 times, and won't be needed again.
Loran and Fritz had tickets to fly out of Chicago on the 2nd of November, but wanted to change it to the 26th of October, if we felt that we could finish up by ourselves. We assured them that we could handle it, as it may be a couple of loads on Monday, and then cleanup. They will be flying out of Chicago Sunday PM at 7 o'clock. This means that we could be on our way to Branson by the middle of next week.
The Oakridge Boys start their Christmas tour on Tuesday the 4th of November, which we are very anxious to see. Then it's back to Oregon and trying to avoid any snow storms. The nice thing about the coach is it is fully self contained with an eight KW generator, and we can just pull over and wait out any bad roads. We will try and stay on the Interstate system, which should be pretty well maintained. Hopefully we will be back in Oregon by the 15th of November.
Our third load of seeds will be picked up today about 10 AM in a cargo container. Then it will be dropped off at the train depot in Chicago and shipped to Portland. Another truck will then deliver it to the Albany plant. It has been a poor season and we had hoped to have at least 4 full loads. Howard will have a local Oregon trucking company pick up any remaining bags, as a fill in, when returning to Oregon at some time in the future.
Red Lion Man