It continues to be dry here. Dust rolls off the gravel road every time anyone drives by, and there are lots of grain trucks and farm equipment going by.
I think that all the soybeans in the area have been harvested and much of the corn. The sugar beets in the area haven't been harvested yet. (So more dust rolls in the area!! This is a bad time for allergies.)
The South Fork of the Crow River continues to drop slowly where it is crossed by County Rd 2 between Glencoe and Silver Lake. One sand bar is starting to be visible west of the road as the river turns. 
We have also had many windy days, and a lot of leaves have fallen from trees without ever changing colors. 
We have not seen many of the wildlife that would be hunted now. Pheasant season opened yesterday - our friend who hunts here didn't see any pheasants at all when he walked the fields yesterday. 
We hope for some rain in the next week. There were sprinkles this afternoon, but not really much in the rain gauge.