I am sorry it took so long to get an update posted but out in the middle of the dessert there isn't any wifi. Right now I am at the elevator in Idaho Falls. The signal is not strong enough for me to put some pics up, but I will as soon as I can. I am going to keep an log of how many loads I haul here in Idaho so for each day I will write the # of loads and bu. and keep an running total.

Sunday July 27th - Went to church in Idaho Falls and dropped Clark off at the airport because he is going to a conference for a week. Went to the worlds first nuclear powered power plant which is no longer in use but a museum. Spent some time in Wal-Mart and watched a movie.

Monday July 28th - Did not do much at all today. Drove around to some different stores for some stuff the guys needed.

Tuesday July 29th - Went to Lava Hot Springs today. It is a Olympic sized swimming pool with a 10 meter high dive and about five different levels below that. Decided to go the mountains tomorrow so Doug and Randall went shopping for food.

Wednesday July 30th - Moved the equipment up to Larson Farms, which is just north of Hamer, Idaho. Left at noon for the mountains, it was about an hour drive up to the cabin in the rocky mountains on state ground. There was no electricity or running water and only two bunk beds, a table, and a wood stove. The cabin was at about 7200 ft up in the Rockies, very beautiful. We cooked all our meals over a open fire.

Thursday July 31st - Got up at daybreak because the beds were nothing but a piece of plywood and I couldn’t sleep for very long at all. Went for a hike up one of the ridges for about an mile, saw two elk and the sun come up, and a bunch of cattle. The ground is leased out to ranchers and they had a ton of cattle out there. It was kind of funny seeing cows out in the woods and up on steep hillsides. The whole group (8 of us) hiked up to a lake back in the mountains, was five miles one way and 2000 ft of elevation to the lake. Needless to say we were all shot till we got back.

Friday August 1st - Left the cabin at about 10 and went into Idaho Falls at 3 and raced go carts. Got some sup at Texas Roadhouse and caught a movie and then picked up Clark at the airport.

Saturday August 2nd - Slept in till 9, the beds in our crew trailer felt like heaven after the plywood bunks in the mountains. Unloaded the header out of the convertible hopper and got that ready to roll. Didn’t do to much in the afternoon and in the evening we went to the sand dunes. Huge piles of sand several hundred feet high in the northeast corner of the valley.

Sunday August 3rd - Went to church and then to a couple’s house from church for lunch. Relaxed the rest of the day.

Monday August 4th - Did maintenance on the trucks and goofed off the rest of the day.

Tuesday August 5th - Went to a camp that a guy from church runs and went canoeing and did some sight seeing in the area. Went up to West Yellowstone for supper. Saw some moose on the river.

Wednesday August 6th - Got everything ready to cut for later in the afternoon. Started cutting at about 2 and cut 4 loads till evening. Took some time to get the combines set up because the wheat up here is a lot larger in grain size and yield. The field was yielding from 80 to 100 bu. Rained in the evening.

Thursday August 7th - Since it rained last night we can’t cut so we didn’t do to much except not much at all. 1 load=999 bu.

Friday August 8th - Finished cutting the circle we started Wednesday and tried to start another circle but it was to wet. We are unloading into bins about 20,000 bu. With a 13in auger so it takes about 10 minutes to unload. 2 loads=1870 bu, total=3 loads=2869 bu.

Saturday August 9th - The only thing we did today was move two combines South about 45 miles so they can cut an 1000 acre job. Three friends from home showed up on their dual sport motorcycles. Took them out to the sand dunes in the evening.

Sunday August 10th - Decided to rent some four wheelers to ride in the dunes so I stayed home from church and rode the dunes with my three friends and when the others got back from church they ran them some. It was a blast, kinda like riding in snow except it was a little firmer.

Monday August 11th - The word on the street was that we would be cutting by noon, well it was 3 till we got going. Nice to be back to work. Hauled 3 loads=2850 bu. Total=6 loads=5719 bu.