A Night on the Town . . .
It only took two hours.
It’s a small town. What can I say.
Well, we found out this morning that we’re not going to be moving to the new frack site right up the road, but they want us to stay here and work the cleanup and completion. And from what we’ve been told, that should take us close to our target leave date of the 22nd of November.
We hope. We’ll see.
One thing that’s really nice about staying is that we get to stay. We don’t have to pack up and move. And none of the 3 possible sites I checked out are as nice as where we are now.
Things have really quieted down here, with most of the frack equipment moved up the road to the new pad. We only had 72 vehicles in today, as opposed to our usual 120 – 130.
And along with everything else, we also lost our trash trailer to the new frack. But it shouldn’t be a problem, since I’ll just drop it off on my way to town for groceries. And if not, there’s always the dumpster at Whataburger.
Since everything was so slow, and really shuts down around 6pm, Jan and I headed in to Carthage for dinner. We’d already cleared it with Jamie, our GGS supervisor, and told the company guys we’d be gone for a couple of hours, so no problem.
Since we’d had such a great meal last time, we thought we’d revisit the Longhorn Grill again. And I was in luck, because as it turned out, Thursday night is Prime Rib Dinner night. Jan, however, wasn’t quite as thrilled because she doesn’t really care for Prime Rib. Her loss, and more for me.
We both ordered salads, remembering how good they were last time, probably because of their homemade dressings.
And also because there’s not a shred of iceberg lettuce in it.
While Jan went with the same 9oz Sirloin with loaded baked potato that she got last time, I tried the Prime Rib.
And was not disappointed. As I said last time, someone here knows how to cook meat. It was charred on the outside edges, and medium-rare to rare on the inside, perfect for Prime Rib.
And it was big enough that I only ate half, so we had some to take home for steak sandwiches another time. And the reason I only ate half was that my dinner came with a slice of their delicious homemade Strawberry Cheesecake. I would have gotten a picture but it disappeared too fast. Maybe next time.
We were back at the rig by 7:30 after a really good time. It was nice to just be able to sit and talk without any interruptions. Jan started her shift while I slept for a few hours before I relieved her at 11pm. Back to work.
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Jan and I are apparently Google Map famous. If you click on this link, you will see where we were a year ago today.
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.8787074,-96.1440804,91m/data=!3m1!1e3
That’s our rig parked right across from the drill rig, which you can see better if you zoom out a bit. You can see our canopy right beside the rig, and the generator/water trailer off to the right. On the far side of the little road next to us is our trash trailer. Yes, last year we had our own.
Our truck and the sewer trailer are just to the left of us and under the trees. I’m not sure who’s car that is parked just to the left of the trees, but we did have a few visitors while we were there.
Ran out of time tonight, so tomorrow night I’ll get back to my adventures trying to purchase a TT Zone Pass.
Finishing up for tonight though, check out this 50 lane traffic jam in China as apparently everyone in the country tries to come home after a holiday weekend.
And you thought Houston traffic was bad.
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Thought for the Day:
“In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve.” – Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821
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