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It's 9 AM Saturday morning, and our shift is about half over. The post time will tell you that it is only 6 AM, but I haven't figured out yet how to get the posting time onto Eastern time. Technology wise, I am a much happier camper, as my Canon 1D Mark II came back from Canon Repair Service this week. I've included a few wide angle photos of the complex with today's post.
We still don't know if we are going to have to make another run to the cannery today, as the line shut down close to midnight Friday, and there still was a lot of squash waiting to be processed, and it needs to be finished so that everything can be cleaned up. The story was that one of the auger motors that sends seed and pulp out to the separators had bent a shaft. That being the case, as soon as it is fixed they will finish processing, and then give us a call to pick up the remaining seed.
For some reason the plant shut down Wednesday night and when Loran went in at 6 PM, there were no seeds to pick up, and he came back empty. They said they would not start again till 6 am Thursday morning, so Loran said we could sleep in and be ready to go at 11:30 AM to pick up a load. The seeds we put on at 1 PM came off about 9 PM, so Loran and Fritz were able to get to bed a little after 10 PM. We all got a little extra sleep.
Since we wanted to go to a bakery in Shelby, about 6 mile South of Hart, for breakfast, we decided that Thursday morning would be a good time. They are know for their omelets and baked goods, and we weren't disappointed. We tried to stop their a week ago Sunday morning before church, but they were closed on Sundays.
By the time we finish today, we should have 23 bags ready to ship to Oregon. The truck can only carry 19 at a time, so they are sitting on one side of the warehouse ready to be picked up on Monday morning at 10 AM
Thursday morning we had to scrape ice off the car windows before we could take off. It had rained most of the night, so I think that some of it was freezing rain. This morning there was frost on the car roofs again, and the official temperature was just below freezing at 5 AM
Red Lion Man
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