Buster’s Gate, Laredo, TX - Oct 7 - 11

Buster’s Gate, Laredo, TX -  Saturday, October 7, 2017
Morning 73 Degrees, Wind SE at 1 to 3 Mph, Humidity 95%, partly sunny.
Afternoon 91 Degrees, Wind E at 6 to 13 Mph, Humidity 49%, mostly sunny.

Well the mmorning came and went with only a few pickup trucks nothing large until almost noon when the two skid trailers came thru the gate. Latter in the afternoon housing trailers and a couple of rig loads came in the gate.

Expanded metal walkway

During the morning a welder came and installed expanded metal on top of the cattle guard to allow us to walk there safely. Stepping on the pipes to on latch the gate is not very safe as we are also holding a I Pad in one hand. He also welded a pin to pin that gate open or closed, it will not blow in the wind. The pin will drop down thru the expanded metal walkway to hold the gate closed. I talked to the coordinator about stopping by the Home Depot for some wood for me when he come to deliver our sensor for the gate.  He came and delivered the sensor and wood late when my wife was working.

Buster’s Gate, Laredo, TX -  Sunday, October 8, 2017
Morning 76 Degrees, Wind ESE calm, Humidity 88%, mostly sunny.
Afternoon 93 Degrees, Wind SSE at 7 to 12 Mph, Humidity 46%, mostly sunny.

Rig parts coming in today one got stuck turning into the gate needing a large forklift to push as he was turning in to the gate. I walked in further to allow the rig tower to clear the turn in thru the gate. Another rig part was following behind that one.

Rig tower coming in 

When I got up this morning my wife said the wood I ordered arrived last night. The delivery made a busy morning for me making a wood deck walk and checking vehicles in and out.


Buster’s Gate, Laredo,, TX - Monday, October 9, 2017
Morning 75 Degrees, Wind SSE at 3 to 5 Mph, Humidity 88%, partly cloudy.
Afternoon 98 Degrees, Wind SE at 10 to 14 Mph, Humidity 42%, mostly sunny.

The last of the rig parts are here today with water tankers coming in for the “Drilling Mud” along with other chemicles. A crane came in to lift and assist in the assembly of the rig parts. 

Rahlee checking the tape holding the foil in place

Buster’s Gate, Laredo,, TX - Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Morning 77 Degrees, Wind ESE at 2 to 4 Mph, Humidity 92%, cloudy.
Afternoon 80 Degrees, Wind N at 13 to 25 Mph, Humidity 53%, partly sunny.

I saw the neighbors for the first time today picture, they are on the ranch across the road from our location. Vehicle traffic is still high with parts and material being brought into the work site. 

neighbor cattle

We have our area setup complete now as I was able to have a roller come to flatten the ruts in our normal walking area. I did have to move most again while the roller packed the ruts in the local area. The decking is laying flat now and when we step off into the dirt there is no stepping into ruts.

Buster’s Gate, Laredo, TX - Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Morning 62 Degrees, Wind N at 3 to 5 Mph, Humidity 70%, cloudy, light rain.
Afternoon 74 Degrees, Wind NNW at 2 to 5 Mph, Humidity 62%, mostly cloudy.

It is back, the rain, started last night just enough to make mud and stick to our shoes. Well that got me into gear and setup our shoe brush and hoe to scrape and clean mud from our shoes before going inside Buster. Slower work day for me and nights have been easy for my wife.