I tucked the tracking slip in my pocket and walked to the exit.

I didn’t drive straight back to Elk Mound.

I pointed the truck south toward the highway bypass and headed for the commercial strip on the outskirts of Menomonie.

The John Deere dealership sat back from the road behind rows of green tractors and yellow lawn mowers.

A big yellow sign glowed against the pale gray sky, and two new combines were parked along the gravel apron by the entrance to the sales office.

I parked near the service bay doors at eleven twenty.