Daily Archives: January 6, 2017
A Three Heater . . .
And One Cat Night.
It finally struggled up to 35° today after a low last night of 33. Big difference.
Our low for tonight has been downgraded to 24° with 25 tomorrow night so later in the afternoon I topped off our fresh water tank and then disconnected both ends of the shore hose and let it drain. So we’re all set for the next couple of days.
Glad we’re not on a gate tonight, though with the shacks it wouldn’t be too bad. Back in 2014 we were on a frack gate over in Whitsett. And one night in November a couple of weeks before we left, it was 26° and sleeting, and I had icicles hanging off the edge of the canopy. Never again.
Of course from up in Paul’s Valley, OK, about 50 miles south of Oklahoma City, our son-in-law Lowell’s mother Sonja sent us these photos today.
Sonja said it was 16 degrees today with a wind chill of 5 degrees. Then after 4 inches of snow it supposed to be 10 degrees tonight with a wind chill of –5. Just glad it’s not us.
For breakfast this morning we had a couple of the tacos I picked up on my way home from my gate the other morning.
During our first week here back in Oct. Jan and I stopped off at the Stripes/Valero Truck Stop coming home one morning from our gate. We found they had a 24 hour Taco/Burrito Shop so we each got a couple of breakfast tacos to bring home. Since they were so good, it was worth doing again.
This afternoon I took my anemometer outside and found the wind speed here at the park to be about 25 mph, so with the 33°, that gives an wind chill of 20°. No wonder it felt so freaking cold wind we left the rig about 4pm.
We’ve always heard about how good the burgers were at Barth’s, even seeing people ordering them when we’re there for the lunch time buffets. So if they’re better than the buffet, they must be good. And they certainly were.
Jan got the Cheeseburger and I got the Bacon Cheeseburger.
These are huge burgers, with 6” buns and a hand-formed patty sized to match. And they were really good. The thin edges were crispy-charred and just perfect. A really delicious burger. It’s easy to see why they’re so popular.
We’ll use all 3 of our heaters tonight, the Lasko Ceramic Tower,
and two of these smaller Sunbeam units.
Normally one of the Sunbeam’s stays in the truck for use on cold nights on the gate. The rooftop heaters don’t always work too well in some of the shacks so I always have a backup plan.
Always have a backup plan . . . for everything.
Thought for the Day:
“Maybe this world is just another planet’s hell.” – Aldous Huxley
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