Click on the above photo to see today's slide show.The truck that was suppose to be here at 10 AM for our 3rd load of seeds, actually arrived by 8:45 AM. Since this was the last full load that we will be sending back to Oregon, I needed to do the loading so that next year I would be comfortable with it. Fritz and Loran had their alarms set for 10 AM, so when the truck was actually ready to be loaded, we woke them up. With a little final instructions from Fritz, I started the loading process. I must say that it can be a little disconcerting to be headed up a ramp that is only a foot or so wider than your forklift, knowing that you have almost 2000 pounds of seeds way up in the air ahead of you and you have to look at the 4 inches of edge between you and the ramp to keep it straight. Needless to say, everything went smoothly, and I think that it will be "a piece of cake" next year.
In the picture link to the slide show you will see that Loran had a meeting with the forklift and the forklift won. Also in the slide show you will see a picture of the new sling that Barb designed to make it easier to vacuum up the seeds off the dryer.
There were only two totes of seeds at noon today, and when Loran went out at 6 PM there were no seeds at all to bring back. We have delivered back to the cannery about 11 bags of sluff and fluff that we have collected from the cleaners. This will be given to the farmers to feed to their pigs. We will have about 3 more bags to take out when we are all done.
Things are winding down and we have been told that Monday is the last day, which hopefully it will be, as Loran and Fritz are flying back to Oregon on Sunday, and we will be on our own till all the rest of the seed is dried.
Red Lion Man