Update on Gate Guarding

Well, it has been almost two (2) weeks since we got out gate guarding assignment and things are proceeding without any issues. We have our schedule down.........both of us seem to be getting our required sleep......Jim about 8 hours and me about 6 hours. The nights for me are long but I do have trucks in and out throughout the night.  I've been watching a lot of TV (if I can find anything good), playing computer games, cleaning out drawers and cabinets and anything else I can think of to pass the time.

Friday was Jim's "big" day in town..........he drove to Kenedy to pick up our mail (which included our first check), then on to Gate Guard Services in Whitsett to pick up the surge protector we had ordered, on to Pleasonton to do the laundry and get groceries.  He left here around noon and got back around 6 p.m. ...approx. 130 miles round trip,  Oh, our truck now looks like we belong in Texas.......covered in MUD!!!!!  We've had quite a few rainy days and, of course, with the rain comes the mud!!!!

Most of you know that Jim and I never seem to run into any wildlife on our travels......it is a standing joke that if we see a squirrel that counts as wildlife for us.....well, we were sitting here the other day and a bobcat just sauntered across the road.  Unfortunately, I could not get to my camera quick enough to get a picture.  Maybe he will show up again........

Well, that covers it for now.......

2-29 update
Today our service man came out and told us we were done at this gate. So we packed up and headed back to the Whitsett yard to sit until we get a new assignment. Hopefully it will be only a few days. There is one other rig here ahead of us for a new assignment.

These are a couple pictures of the truck after a trip to town several days after a rainstorm

and this is a moth that I saw this morning. They are attracted by the lights a night. This one has about a 4 1/2 inch wingspan

and finally a picture taken at the yard of the sunset with the Texas flag flying. This flag is huge....I would guess about 20X30 foot.

Take care...........