[Groesbeck Hurricane]

Well, I was on the ground. A local guy had the equipment and he baled for 50/50 split. He had all his share minus 40/50 bales sold before it came out of the pasture. His guys were mainly loading for clients. We had a friend helping load our lot and the local judge stopped by to give us a hand for about 100 bales.

It would seem that our hay field has a certain local reputation. People REALLY wanted our hay. In comparison to the fields in Texas, this stuff is c&*p! Locally here, it is fairly good. Next year we should have a MUCH nicer field. Proper seeding and fertilizing will do wonders. Our yield was quite a bit UNDER what it should have been! The big plus, our field is on the edge of a flood plain so we get lots of moisture during the growing season. This is also the negative when trying to bale. But it is spectacular to watch the fog roll across our little valley and up our hill to the house!!

My Wife loaded what we threw on the trailer. She was keeping up with two guys throwing from the ground!! Spectacular woman!! Old guys in the crew told us on the side they would rather have had her on their team than the young guys who had some muscles as they guys gave out in two hours, she was going all day long!

Oh, and she is a dead shot too!!!! She and our friend spent breaks checking out deer stand locations... At least, the early breaks.

I went through two gallons of water today. Glad I don't have to do this more than a couple of times a year. We almost have enough hay for the winter for all our animals (friends and our horses and our cows). Horses are covered!!!