A run to Drum

I made a trip to the Drumheller Penitentiary Sunday to visit a rancher friend who is serving time. Apparently Revenue Canada caught him in a lie on his income tax forms. He claimed he made a nice profit in the beef business! 

But, it was a good morning for a drive through farm country found in a region called The Badlands. Generally, everything looks pretty good, at least at 110 km per hour. Quite a bit of canola is swathed, wheat and barley fields are turning ripe. It appears just about every thistle seed in the country germinated  and flourished, this year.

Not a soul working in the harvest on this drive. Either crops aren’t ready or it is too wet. I did see a couple combines being readied for action. There was a frost warning on WeatherBug, but I see that is ended.

Remember a few years ago when there was a big emphasis on farmers to plant field shelterbelts to stop wind and conserve moisture. Drumheller area is one of the few places where I still see any left.

It was kind of neat to see parachutists dropping out of the sky near Bieseker airport, although it looked like they were landing in a nearby wheat field, about a mile from the airport. Maybe that was planned, or maybe it was just a German invasion that was about 66 years too late.

The woman selling Taber sweet corn in Bieseker for $8 per dozen, said she didn’t know how much longer she’d be there. Supplies were tight and if there is a frost…

A very productive trip.

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