When your fields are gold think Brown
We are moving to Pond Creek, OK today. The combine, header and one of our trucks moved yesterday. Pond Creek is about 115 miles from Pratt, KS and about 20 miles from Enid, OK which is probably where we will stay. The kids were able to enjoy the pool for a while yesterday. Our dogs were very happy to get in the air-conditioned camper.
There is oil & natural gas drilling and lots of harvesters in the area. We have a job to start as soon as we arrive. The high today is supposed to be 94°.
We made it to Pratt, KS last night and found a great place with rooms and RV hookups. It has a restaurant, pool, wifi, cable and laundry on site. We will be staying here for a while. It will be 88° here today.
We are off on our custom combining adventure! Sometimes it seems everything takes longer than it should and that was certainly the case when we were trying to leave. There was so much to get loaded, fixed, packed, and finished. It seems every vehicle had wiring issues to be corrected. Of course, there are also other things that just need to be done before we could leave. We have been extremely busy and put in a lot of long days the weeks before we could leave.
Our first day we got going late and only made it to Jamestown, ND. We stopped in Devils Lake, ND for supper and fuel. The worst roads were on HWY 57 near Devils Lake, ND as they have been raising the roads for years due to the rising lake level. When we arrived in Jamestown, ND the hotels had little vacancy but we did find a mom & pop type hotel which had rooms and allowed us to plug in our camper – very hospitable people! (Thanks Starlite Inn)!
