Arrival in Alberta

Following our dramas leaving Saskatchewan, we arrived in Calgary at 9:00 that night with a job interview lined up the next morning. It was scary and exciting at the same time that we didn't know where we would be in 24 hours. James had bought a 1989 BMW 735iL for us to drive and it is a beautiful car (and the first James has ever owned outright)

James had a job interview in Cayley, 45mins south of Calgary. The job was on a mixed grain, cattle and hay farm totalling 40,000 acres over several areas. The couple who owned the property Cody & Kristine are two of the nicest people we have ever met. After talking for a little while, Cody drove us around for an hour or so, showing us his property and equipment before taking us to lunch in a really nice pub in High River (which just happens to be owned by his uncle). After lunch we went back out the farm where James was offered the job of Assistant Manager, starting almost immediately.

We were very excited but we had one problem - we needed to find somewhere close by to live. We looked online using their computer and it wasn't looking good until Kristine brought us their local paper. In it we found a room in a 3br townhouse in High River, 10 mins from the farm, with all utilities included for $400/month. After Cody and Kristine took us out for a lovely dinner (very generous people) we went and had a look and took it straight away. That night we were put up in a beautiful hotel. We took them out for a drink afterwards to say thank you and had a really wonderful time.

We are now living in the very nice, well furnished townhouse, sharing with a really nice landlord who is also very friendly and generous, in an amazing little well serviced town, High River. There is a little farm/garden across the road which is part of the development we live in.

Kitchen/Living Room

                                                          

Living Room

Dining Table

Back of the House

So we have the perfect house and James has the perfect job. His hours are long but enjoyable. He is currently driving the Spray Rig which is a highly advanced piece of equipment that practically drives itself thanks to GPS Auto-steer. 

My new toy

As you can see it is a John Deere Sprayer. EVERYTHING Cody owns is John Deere and we don't just mean tractors and other farm machinery. Everything from babies onesies (he has 3 children with a 4th due in a couple of weeks) to BBQs, kitchen cutlery, light switch panels, curtains & bedding in the kids rooms and almost every toy except for the girls barbie toys is John Deere. The cutest is a t-shirt his 3 year old son (who wants to go to John Deere School) has which says "Will trade Sister for Tractor".

Seeding setup

JD 7820 and Bail processor
(small tractor we use for feeding)

The John Deere Collection

James driving the JD8040

We are having an absolute blast and really love it here. In the next post James goes branding and eats calf nuts (I tried one and was almost sick - James had several)....