Hay bale wrapping machine.


Today was not so good as far as finding anything,..... cottages or vacant land. We drove some new roads but found little of interest. We had decided earlier on in the day that we would have dinner in the Dokis Indian Reserve. They had a big sign at the end of the road advertising Pickerel Dinner at the Marina there. It seemed like forever to get down the road.....9 miles to be exact! We got to the end and looked around but couldn’t quite place where the Restaurant was. Finally in desperation I jumped out of the truck and asked some people that were loading their boat. He pointed to a big black spot on the rocks by the water........not a good sign! The Restaurant apparently burned down 2 weeks earlier.....unfortunately for us no one has bothered to take down the sign at the highway. That’s right.......9 miles back out to the highway and by this time it was starting to get late to go anywhere else. We decided to go to a little place right on the corner of the road heading to the park. As it was 7:30 we were the last people to be served for the night. The special was Haddock Dinner with salad or soup and choice of potato. We were glad that we ended up there because the food was very good and service excellent. We may go back for breakfast as they serve their pancakes with real Maple Syrup........don’t see that very often!

Now about the Hay Bales. Ever since they started making round bales of hay I always wondered how they get them wrapped so tightly in that white plastic. I figured that they shrink wrapped them like boats.......Nope......wrong! They have this round cage that they set the bale in, then there are two rolls of plastic , one on either side and these spin around the bale and work forward as the bale drops back. They don’t shrink wrap them at all. After wondering about this for years....today I saw them doing it in two different places......go figure! A mystery no more........