The youngest member of our crew this year is Eric Mooney, aka Mooney Man. Eric is a great worker and we really enjoy having him around. He spent some time in the field with us last year, but this year he is coming out every day. Our plan is to train him to drive both the combine and the tractor with the bank out wagon. The last several days he has been on the combine with Ron.
Perks of driving the combine for Eric include scoping out the best places to hunt deer in the fall! On Saturday he and Reynald saw a 4 by 5 white tail deer and today the field crew saw a doe and fawn AND a young bull moose!
Here are a few images of Eric working harvest. We look forward to having Mooney Man hanging out here on Rolinco Road for several more years.
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| Eric gets to help with the morning servicing of the machines. Here he is pictured with Reynald and Uncle Doug, all in their coveralls! |
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| Eric climbing up in to the combine for a day of driving lessons. |
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| Reynald and Eric in the combine. |
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| Enlarge this photo and look who's driving! |
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| Eric in the driver's seat. |
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| Eric had to give up his combine seat for an hour or so while the John Deere salesman came out for a ride. |
We're making good progress with harvest. So far things are running very smooth. It's supposed to get hot though, starting tomorrow. The forecast is for hot, hot, hot for the next seven days at least. Here's keeping our fingers crossed that both humans and machines will survive the heat!
Good to catch up on your harvest and everything else! ~James and Nancy
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