Monthly Archives: March 2016
Touring the Neighborhood, Celebrating & Repairs
After nearly 6 weeks here (1 day shy) I finally took a drive down the lease road! I’d made Easter dinner and had a plate to give Dean, the 18-year-old gate guard on the other gate here. So I figured it was a good time to check things out. I rode over to the pad … Continue reading
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A Man of Many Names
With the rig move (all 1/2 mile of it) in our rear view mirror things are pretty much back to normal. Which is nice. The derrick was up and lit when I got up at 6:00 am on Sunday (3/21) and they were able to Spud in some time Sunday morning. They’re following the same … Continue reading
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Repairs, A New Friend, Rig Move, Gifts & A Crash
Monday GoRV was here to replace our bedroom air conditioner. They’d been out a couple of weeks ago on sort of a ‘wellness’ visit and noted a few issues that needed attention and then worked with our extended warranty company to get the approval to fix them. Our ac had been getting noisier and noisier … Continue reading
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Killer Couple of Days
Tuesday/Wednesday is shift change day, with the crew that’s been here for the previous 2 weeks eager to get home and the crew that has been on days off for the past 2 weeks not quite so eager to get back to work. As they leave they tell us they ‘hope’ to see us in … Continue reading
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More Gates, Moe’s & Predictions
I was informed just before 7:00 am on Friday morning to expect 70-75 loads of caliche…ugh! The loads were used on a new pad that was built to put a tank battery on. We’ll be doing this all over again soon enough as they’ll be building another tank battery for the other set of wells … Continue reading
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Workin’, Workin’, Workin’
We were pretty busy on Friday with 130 truck loads of caliche coming in on top of our regular traffic. Thankfully we got a good nights sleep the night before with only 2 trucks coming in. With all the dust the trucks kicked up we were very happy to see the water truck come by … Continue reading