Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Feb 24 - 26

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Morning 41 Degrees, Wind W 1 & gusting to 4 Mph, Humidity 89%, sunny.
Afternoon 64 Degrees, Wind NW 6 & gusting to 13 Mph, Humidity 27%, sunny.

The hot water heater is acting up again, not continuing to fire after the start cycle. The switch has two lights one green to show there is power available. The other is a red light that comes on and goes out after the start cycle. That light also illuminates when the propane gas is empty or a flame out. That red light keeps coming on, and I turn off the power. When I turn the power on again the ignition circuit re-fires and it does run until the igniter goes off and the run circuit does not “see” flame shutting off the propane gas again.


Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Thursday, February 25, 2016 Morning 39 Degrees, Wind variable calm & gusting to 1 Mph, Humidity 69%, sunny.
Afternoon 71 degrees, Wind W 2 & gusting to 5 Mph, Humidity 43%, mostly sunny.
 
I have done some troubleshooting on the hot water heater and found the “run” circuit is not working. The start, igniter firing, is OK as it does start but will not run the water temperature up to normal. I have the mobile RV repair guy coming tomorrow.


Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Friday, February 26, 2016
Morning 41 Degrees, Wind N 6 & gusting to 10 Mph, Humidity 40%, sunny.
Afternoon 66 Degrees, Wind ENE 7 & gusting to 14 Mph, Humidity 34%, mostly sunny.  
 
I had mobile RV come to work on the hot water heater, see if my troubleshooting is correct, it needs a control board. We are also going to get a “hot stick” that is an electric heating rod that will go into the drain port of the tank. This will give us the option of propane gas or electric for heating the water.

The work is being done to the left the upper area
the lower area to the right is staging for sand trucks and extra equipment on the left

Not very busy night just at the beginning of and at the end of the shift, the first and last hour. When I get there the night shift people are in and after a bit the day people leave. In the morning I check in the day shift and then I leave for home at Buster. During the night I had some sand trucks but they mostly were parked in the staging area.

on the left is the cylinders that the sand trucks transfer the sand into

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Feb 21 - 23

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Sunday, February 21, 2016
Morning 60 Degrees, Wind SSE 6 & gusting to 8 Mph, Humidity 96%, overcast.
Afternoon 76 Degrees, Wind SSE 6 & gusting to 10 Mph, Humidity 69%, overcast.
 
No work or “no gates” to work so an extended time off the gate, resting.

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Monday, February 22, 2016

Morning 62 Degrees, Wind N 1 & gusting to 6 Mph, Humidity 96%, Rain.

Afternoon 74 Degrees, Wind N 4 & gusting to 7 Mph, Humidity 83%, partly sunny.  

   Six tenth of an inch of rain this morning. 

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Morning 60 Degrees, Wind variable E 1 & gusting to 3 Mph, Humidity 98%, overcast.

Afternoon 77 Degrees, Wind W 16 & gusting to 31 Mph, Humidity 52%, partly sunny.  

   One and three tenths of an inch of rain overnight into this morning. 

With the rain it is good to not be at a gate with the possible mud that is at the gate areas. The living in a RV park and not at a gate the mud level is much lower. 

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Feb 18 - 20

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Thursday, February 18, 2016
Morning 52 Degrees, Wind SSE 1 & gusting to 2 Mph, Humidity 96%, fog.
Afternoon 77 Degrees, Wind SSE 11 & gusting to 16 Mph, Humidity 53%, sunny.

My wife came home to Buster and took a nap then we went for a late lunch early dinner in Victoria. The oil company is starting a Frac job at that location she worked. She has been waking up with neck pain so after eating it was the plan to go to Kohls department store looking for a pillow for her. We found one she liked, good for me hoping for no more neck pains.


Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Friday, February 19, 2016
Morning 60 Degrees, Wind SSW 14 & gusting to 16 Mph, Humidity 90%, partly cloudy.
Afternoon 80 Degrees, Wind SSW 11 & gusting to 17 Mph, Humidity 56%, partly cloudy.
So far the new pillow is doing the job, she is not waking up with neck pain. We are resting taking our chance to slow down.

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Saturday, February 20, 2016
Morning 65 Degrees, Wind S 7 & gusting to 8 Mph, Humidity 93%, overcast.
Afternoon 79 Degrees, Wind SSE 6 & gusting to 25 Mph, Humidity 64%, partly sunny.
 
Gasoline $1.179 per gallon at H E B in Cuero, Texas. We went out for a ride ending up going to Victoria, Texas having a seafood dinner there. There is no work for tomorrow so we are just hanging out. When we first arrived in the area in December the price of  gasoline was the best in Kenedy and now Cuero is having the better price. But throughout this time Yorktown has been twenty cents more than either one of these other towns or even Victoria.

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Feb 16 - 17

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Morning 49 Degrees, Wind NNE 1 & gusting to 2 Mph, Humidity 91%, sunny.
Afternoon 6 Degrees, Wind W 4 & gusting to 13 Mph, Humidity 35%, sunny.
 
My last night of this four day work week tonight and the Frac should complete tomorrow and the move equipment out after that and the gate job closes. With the four on and four off work cycle this gate will probably will be closed when I go back to work again.  My wife is at another gate tonight with low activity but that will change as there  will be a Frac performed at that well site also.


Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Morning 51 Degrees, Wind NNE 1 & gusting to 2 Mph, Humidity 94%, sunny.
Afternoon 70 Degrees, Wind SE 9 & gusting to 14 Mph, Humidity 35%, sunny.

After getting home to Buster from the gate a little later today, I was not relieved as early as other relief guards. I went to bed for a nap. I was up in time for a one o’clock appointment to have my eyes dilated and the retina’s checked. I thought I would have my wife available to drive after the dilation but she is working tonight and needs her rest. My eye check went well looked good inside the eyes. About ten years ago there were “floaters” (drops of blood floating) in one eye requiring a retina specialist to laser repair the retina and it is in good shape now.

On my return trip thru Cuero, Texas I stopped for gasoline at H E B $1.229 per gallon the lowest I have paid.

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Feb 14 -

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Sunday, February 14, 2016
Morning 50 Degrees, Wind SSE calm & gusting to 1 Mph, Humidity 99%, fog.
Afternoon 75 Degrees, Wind SSE 13 & gusting to 20 Mph, Humidity 55%, partly cloudy.
 
The nights are busy with the first hour mostly the vehicles going out from the morning shift along with the sand trucks that never stop coming and going as long as the frac is going smoothly. Usually two but sometimes there are four that will arrive at one time. Going into the shack to sit and keep warm or out of the wind. The day person has a television here and that helps pass the time between vehicles and gate openings. But just when the show is interesting, or something I want to watch there is a vehicle coming or going, this is a no waiting operation. So it is off to open the gate for the vehicle to pass thru.

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Monday, February 15, 2016
Morning 47 Degrees, Wind SW 2 & gusting to 4 Mph, Humidity 95%, sunny.
Afternoon 77 Degrees, Wind NNW 8 & gusting to 10 Mph, Humidity 35%, sunny.
 
One thing about the night shift is there no salesmen or visitors coming for a quick in and out. That is a daytime operation only. There are stragglers (pickup trucks) that are later coming in or going out. In the morning arrivals starts about four-thirty with the early birds but most are in by five-thirty. The afternoon shift change there are more stragglers going out. After that there are diesel fuel truck most shifts along with chemical trailer trucks.

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Feb 12 - 13

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Friday, February 12, 2016
Morning 54 Degrees, Wind SSW 3 & gusting to 10 Mph, Humidity 94%, fog mostly cloudy.
Afternoon 79 Degrees, Wind E variable & calm gusting to 4 Mph, Humidity 45%, mostly sunny.
 
This county, DeWitt, Texas seems very different than the other counties we gate guarded in the past. The ranches are more fields and a greater number of cattle grazing in the fields. Also noticed or not noticed are boarder patrol vehicles, as we have not seen one this year. We are enjoying being east of interstate thirty-seven with the more farm look. The water heater is still acting up where the flame goes out and the relight process starts again. I have done the trick of switching back to Busters internal tank allowing it to run about two minutes then switch back to the outside tank. We have not used this propane company before and I will try to do the exchange at a different company next time.

Inside gate the crane is up in the background

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Saturday, February 13, 2016
Morning 56 Degrees, Wind variable & calm & gusting to 1 Mph, Humidity 96%, Fog.
Afternoon 74 Degrees, Wind SSE 8 & gusting to 14 Mph, Humidity 54%, Sunny.
 
That was a wet night starting before midnight. I was noticing the gate equipment becoming wet and as the night went on the gates them self's were dripping moisture on the road.

The water heater in Buster is working normal now, who knew. Another thought I had is the tank might have been over filled, not having enough space for the liquid to gas off, starving the appliance for fuel.

Typical Sand Truck

These four days I am at the inside gate, this well site has two gate guard stations with both maned twenty-four hours. The gates must be closed at all times that the guard is not there at the gate. The inside gate is very close to the work area with another mile and a half back out to the road gate that I was at last time.

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Feb 10 -

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Morning 39 Degrees, Wind N variable & calm gusting to 2 Mph, Humidity 76%, sunny.
Afternoon 76 Degrees, Wind ESE 3 & gusting to 10 Mph, Humidity 28%, sunny.
 
I exchanged the propane tank and still had a problem as the water heater will not keep operating. Maybe when draining the tank yesterday to complete the pipe repair something got wet. I went back to Busters internal propane tank and after three starts it was running normal. I let run a while then switched back to the external tank, ok now.

Now to Victoria for an eye test and new glasses. Tan Jan say’s she wants an oil change, maybe tomorrow. As I left for Victoria my wife was scheduled to work tonight. She thought the gate may close as to her the work was winding down. I allowed her to stay sleeping even tho she would want the opportunity to go to Victoria. My late morning eye examination appointment made for a long day as I was not back to Buster until almost six-thirty, well past the time for her to go the the gate. But, as I was waiting for my glasses to be made I got the call she had the night off. I called her and told her to relax you have the night off. I called again when leaving Victoria and we made a plan for Mexican restaurant in Yorktown on my return.

When I did get back to home Buster we we off quickly to the Mexican restaurant for dinner.

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Thursday, February 11, 2016
Morning 47 Degrees, Wind SW 3 & gusting to 4 Mph, Humidity 83%, sunny.
Afternoon 80 Degrees, Wind SW 10 & gusting to 13 Mph, Humidity 24%, sunny.
 
We went to Cuero, Texas to get a DVD player for my wife’s overnight entertainment in between vehicles. Her gate the past few nights were very slow. So now we have a small DVD player to also carry in and out with us. While there I put gasoline in the car $ 1.289. Cuero has not had the lowest gasoline price while we have been in the area that has been Kenedy with the low price. Other than that I took time to nap catching up on lost sleep when working those nights. Gasoline, I do try to drive/ride on the top half of the tank and when I see a price at the pump lower than the last price per gallon that I paid, I check the fuel gage if below seven eighths of a tank full I will stop and get a fill up. I do not mind spending less then ten dollars to fill up the tank.

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Feb 8 - 9

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Monday, February 8, 2016
Morning 45 Degrees, Wind NNW 5 & gusting to 10 Mph, Humidity 98%, sunny.
Afternoon 67 Degrees, Wind NNW 10 & gusting to 21 Mph, Humidity 21%, sunny.

Failed valve

There is a valve on the inside to isolate the water heater and the stem was blown out. I put it back in and used ty-wraps to hold it in place. No luck still leaking and another work night. I will have a RV repair deal with changing the valve.

New valve installation, cold water in to tank

The new parts were installed and the wall replaced so quickly I did not have a chance to get a picture with the wall down. The new pipes are color coded with red for the hot water and blue for the cold water.

This is the top hot water out. the brass fitting to the right was replaced last summer

Work at the gate (traffic in and out) was constant last night and tonight in addition to the regular shift change traffic. Mostly sand trucks in and out. They we coming and going two at a time. But you never know sometimes they are together or they are five minutes apart. The gate must be kept closed whenever I go into the shack to sit. So not really knowing if the second one is coming I close the gate and go inside to keep warm. Only to get up and open the gate again. That was an out eight minutes later there are sand trucks coming in and again opening the gate, then the second one comes three minutes later. Then there are deliveries of diesel fuel for the Frac pump trailers, regular tank truck that deliver to gasoline stations. Chemical trailers come also but not a frequent happening. Water is another component of the Frac operation that is piped in using temporary water mains and pumps, pumps needs diesel fuel, this water is pumped from a Frac pond.

Hot water out of the tank

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Morning 35 Degrees, Wind  variable & calm, Humidity 70%, sunny.
Afternoon 66 Degrees, Wind ENE 4 & gusting to 5 Mph, Humidity 24%, sunny.
 
Getting home this morning and getting some sleep I contacted the gate coordinator for recommendation for RV repair guy in the area. I got a telephone number and he was here with the hour. Two hours after calling water job complete water on propane gas tank empty, NOW. OK switch to Busters internal propane tank for hot water and my wife to take a shower. Tonight I am not working I go to Kenedy for propane, gasoline $1.319. Getting back to Buster I connect the propane tank and the valve is so tight I cannot open it, so out come the pliers and the stem comes out. Well that will go back for exchange tomorrow.

Looking in the gate

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Feb 6 -

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Saturday, February 6, 2016
Morning 40 Degrees, Wind NNW 10 & gusting to 20 Mph, Humidity 42%, sunny.
Afternoon 51 Degrees, Wind W 9 & gusting to 17 Mph, Humidity 80%, .
 
Worked last night into today getting home to Buster about six in the morning. Went right to bed but only slept for three hours knowing I was to work again tonight I laid down again in the afternoon and was at the gate before five-thirty. We work six to six but, are asked to arrive a half hour early. Shift change for the workers inside is also taking place. It seems the person going off duty logs the workers going in and the guard coming on duty logs the workers going out the gate, or basically the ones you signed in the previous shift.

This was a slow night after the shift change traffic was done and the day person has a television here so something to watch passing the time. There were a few trucks spread out over the night but the morning in’s started just before four-thirty they woke me from a deep sleep as the gate was open and they came to the shack door waking me. The day person showed about five-twenty. While he was arriving and also checking in other arrivals the night company man come out to to the gate checking on me. This oil company is very safety minded and they were concerned for my safety. I am ok and made it home to Buster fine just later than I should have.

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Sunday, February 7, 2016

Morning 36 Degrees, Wind SSE 3 & gusting to 4 Mph, Humidity 70%, sunny.

Afternoon 70 Degrees, Wind SSW 9 & gusting to 15 Mph, Humidity 30%, sunny.  

   

I got seven straight hours of sleep and feeling better tonight. My wife has a gate tonight on the way to Karnes City so we took a ride there to check the directions and get a daylight visual driving there. 

The same call for my wife’s gate told me to keep going to my gate until Monday night. That will make four consecutive days (night work) for me. 

Hot water tank isolation valve

While we were checking the directions to my wife’s gate Buster had a water issue. There is very high water pressure here in the park and I was not using a pressure regulator. There is a valve under the kitchen sink, that is the back of the water heater that failed. Water everywhere and draining outside Buster as I drove up. So we made due with no water tonight. We are working anyway. I turned off the supply outside even before going inside Buster. I will deal with it tomorrow. The valve is used only to isolate the water tank when not using hot water or putting the rig in storage. We do keep bottled water in gallon containers and another five gallon container. I refill these at the grocery store water dispensing machine whenever we go there. 

Glasses, lost right lens tonight no idea where or when this happened? I do not know when it dropped but the screw holding the lens in the frame was loose. Sitting in the shack I took my glasses off and there was no lens in the right side. 

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Feb 4 - 5

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Thursday, February 4, 2016
Morning 33 Degrees, Wind N 3 & gusting to 5 Mph, Humidity 75%, sunny.
Afternoon 58 Degrees, Wind NE 5 & gusting to 7 Mph, Humidity 52%, sunny.
 
We went to Victoria today and had lunch there BBQ Brisket ok not the best we have had. Gasoline $1.439

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Friday, February 5, 2016 

Morning 32 Degrees, Wind ENE variable & calm gusting to 1 Mph, Humidity 77%, sunny.

Afternoon 59 Degrees, Wind SSE 13 & gusting to 16 Mph, Humidity 50%, partly cloudy.  

Contacted the coordinator about the next gate assignment as these gates have not been very long (number of work days) as the work being performed does not require a move in type of gate guard. Our last gate closed while we were off and he had a Frac site night work for me only, two nights starting tonight. We went to the location checking the directions then the opposite direction to shop and get supplies.

Went to Kenedy for supplies and Gasoline $ 1.329 for Tan Jan I have been up since early this morning not knowing I was to work nights.

Sand trailer

Work tonight, busy Frac gate moving in with some sand trucks with the rest Frac equipment trucks (maybe fifteen), kept me busy so I did not have time to think about sleep. I was up early and laid down for a couple of hours.  

Frac Truck

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX Feb 2 - 3

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Morning 60 Degrees, Wind N 9 & gusting to 20 Mph, Humidity 30%, overcast.
Afternoon 72 degrees, Wind N 4 & gusting to 8 Mph, Humidity 38%, sunny.

My wife worked tonight came home to Buster for a short nap. We had a twelve-thirty appointment in San Antonio and arrived just after one o’clock, had to stop for gasoline, return with a full tank. Thursday I tried to extend the car rental another month and I could not do that because that would make it a lease vehicle. The system required me to turn in that car and rent another car. I explained that I could not be there before today and they were ok with that. Friday I made another reservation for today. Next time I will make the appointment for two o’clock to give my wife more sleep time. I originally thought this would be just me doing this as she needed her rest. But going to San Antonio without her was not her plan. There is other stores to walk and there are restaurants that need to be “inspected” for food quality (eatable) ha ha.
A new month already January flew by with the working and the off time spent getting things for the next work cycle.

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Morning 45 Degrees, Wind NNW 5 & gusting to 11 Mph, Humidity 61%, sunny.

Afternoon 58 Degrees, Wind N 2 & gusting to 7 Mph, Humidity 50%, sunny.  

Today was a stay home at Buster, rest day and getting domestic things done.

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX Jan 31 & Feb 1

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Sunday, January 31, 2016
Morning 64 Degrees, Wind SSW 12 & gusting to 13 Mph, Humidity 90%, overcast.
Afternoon 82 Degrees, Wind WNW 3 & gusting to 12 Mph, Humidity 46%, mostly sunny.

there is a longer distance from the equipment and the well head

Slower than Saturday, if it could be, the work slowed overnight, there was a couple of oil company “bosses” in early and the equipment was disconnected after daylight and then there was a reconfigure of equipment before the work moved forward again. Another company came to the site, and two special parts deliveries were made before the work was resumed. We had a visitor show and my wife invited him in to the shack for a while.  

Dog Resting under the shack trailer

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Monday, February 1, 2016
Morning 58 Degrees, Wind SSE 2 & gusting to 6 Mph, Humidity 97%, fog, overcast.
Afternoon 78 Degrees, Wind SE 13 & gusting to 15 Mph, Humidity 85%, mostly cloudy.

The fog made for a slow commute in this morning, it really cut visibility.  
Yesterday I received e-mails from my sisters about a recent post. I am only admitting to not proofreading before posting the blog. I did revise the post adding the e‘s to show “possession” taking out the “es” that shows multiple.

Men on the man lift connecting the equipment

Sundays work configuration continued until about noon and they reconfigured again the removing the equipment the company brought to the site yesterday. He left the site shortly after loading the equipment into the pickup truck.   

The visitor dog was sleeping under the shack trailer and stayed for a while. He did wander off a couple of times checking around the pickup trucks inside and going across the road to another ranch, maybe that is home. He is looking for and food that he can get from any of the workers at the site. 

Dog resting in road

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Jan 29 - 30

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Friday, January 29, 2016
Morning 41 Degrees, Wind WSW calm &, Humidity 73%, mostly sunny.
Afternoon 74 Degrees, Wind S 7 & gusting to 18 Mph, Humidity 43%, sunny.
 

At a new to us gate by five thirty even tho the official start time is six o’clock. This is another coil tubing job being done here on an existing well site. The work was already underway so the “move in” was already completed just routine in and out gate traffic which is really a low volume. There are some “salesmen” coming to sell their companies service. Two ways to tell are the vehicle and the time spent inside, from the time in to time out under ten minutes. Vehicle usually are cleaner, no buildup of mud on the sides and washed more frequently.

They move these trailers from work site to work site for the company man to work and sleep in.
Usually two trailers one for the office and one for sleeping. Generator for trailer electric

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Saturday, January 30, 2016
Morning 52 Degrees, Wind SSW 9 & gusting to 11  Mph, Humidity 84%, partly cloudy.
Afternoon 75 Degrees, Wind SSW 6 & gusting to 15 Mph, Humidity %, mostly sunny.

A slow day here at the gate as the salesmen are a weekday function. Just the shift changes morning and night. During the day there are deliveries of fuel for the equipment and service. These trailers are brought on site for the “company man” to live on site, usually a day and a night man.

Thought for the Day:

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics.

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Jan 25 - 28

Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Monday, January 25, 2016
Morning 53 Degrees, Wind SSE & variable gusting to 10  Mph, Humidity 98%, mostly cloudy.
Afternoon 75 Degrees, Wind variable calm gusting to 1 Mph, Humidity 56%, partly cloudy.
Four days off the gate for us we are enjoying the schedule of four on and four off. My wife was home at Buster by five thirty as the day person was at the gate early. After getting settled she was off to bed Kenedy for shopping and gasoline for Tan Jan with gasoline down to $1.389 a gallon.

After her nap she wanted to go to Cuero, well that did not pan out. We then went on to Victoria. Victoria a city of about sixty thousand and we can find any shopping or dinner options there.


Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Morning 58 Degrees, Wind NE 9 & gusting to 13 Mph, Humidity 55%, overcast.
Afternoon 60 Degrees, Wind NE 10 & gusting to 14 Mph, Humidity 79%, overcast rain showers.
 
 Today is a rest day


Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Morning 40 Degrees, Wind NNE 6 & gusting to 10 Mph, Humidity 74%, partly sunny.
Afternoon 57 Degrees, Wind NNW 3 & gusting to 13 Mph, Humidity 38%, mostly sunny.

Today is a rest day. Putting in twelve hour days and commuting sixteen miles each way. We pack a lunch and snacks with drinks all takes some time. Then it is of to bed for the needed sleep and needed rest.


Iron Horse RV Ranch - Yorktown, TX - Thursday, January 28, 2016
Morning 31 Degrees, Wind NNW calm & variable, Humidity 84%, mostly sunny.
Afternoon 67 Degrees, Wind W 7 & gusting to 11 Mph, Humidity 34%, sunny.

Getting ready to get back to work going to a different gate site we decided to take a ride out there for a daylight visual. Well on our way there we get a call no not there call me. I had gotten this assignment on Sunday and things are changing fast. On the call I got directions to our next gate tomorrow morning. We made that trip and found a shorter way for the morning. The directions may have been simple either way and both ways have dirt roads but the way we left and used all work days the dirt road was shorter. Dirt roads are not good we are talking no more than ten miles per hour as going faster it is too hard to miss the pot holes.