Hello campers, this is "d" reporting from the badlands.

It has been a busy four days. We did complete processing Thursday night about nine-fifteen and Bertha coasted to a stop. 56,949 bales were processed in 73 total days. Of course there were several days in the beginning that we were looking for cotton to gin. One the plant went around the clock, I can remember only one day that it didn't pass 1000 bales for the day.

The two remaining on site employees spent Friday loading and unloading the supply trailer, hopefully with a cleaning in between. Our final task Friday was loading the fuel tank behind a partial load of bales and then taking the forklifts to the produce shed so we could load them.

Saturday I took Blacksheep and the one remaining flatbed and loaded the forklifts. At this minute the trailer is anxiously waiting for one of the three truckers coming here in the morning to hook up and head East. Right behind it sits the supply van. As soon as we dismantle the fence here at the trailer and get it loaded up, this trailer will be ready to head East too. The final trucker will hook up to the big travel trailer and gingerly move towards Abilene.

I did get a head start. Late Saturday I disconnected all the utilities from Kyle's trailer, cranked the stabilizers up and hooked it to my pickup. Early Sunday I headed out, dropped the trailer at Roscoe and was back in St. Lawrence before lunch. I did see the most interesting thing, it was a nativity scene complete with manger, Mary, Joseph, the wise men, the normal stable animals, but the finishing touch was Santa, his sleigh and all the reindeer. But that should probably be another blog.

Krl and I spent the afternoon in Midland, most of it at the Mall. We very quickly found that we were not in shopping shape. There were some stores I simply told Krl that I "had" to get out of. Too loud music and the selection was horrible.

Anyhow, we got the shopping done we needed to do, grabbed a quick bite and were back at the trailer just after dark.

We are enjoying our final evening on the jobsite. This will be my final post from this locale. Lord willing my next post will be from civilization.

FATHER, please be willing.