relieved and new site

Yesterday they told us we had been relieved. By the time the crew came to unplug us it was about 3:30. We left and headed westnorthwest towards Kenedy to a Gate Guard lot. We got as far as Pleasanton and got a call that they had a gate for us in Cotulla, TX which was back in the opposite direction we had just come from. They wanted us there at 7am and gave us very vague directions.
We told them that we needed a place to stay for the night and all the campgrounds are full. They gave us again vague directions to another gate guard that was supposed to be close to where we would end up.
We missed his place and ended up in Cotulla and had to call back and get new directions. Had to head back the way we just came about 9-10 miles and the gate would be on the right. He has a FEMA trailer and a white truck.....we finally found him and plugged for the night. They came and got us at 7am to go to the new site. Two Gate Guard trucks. We all got lost as the directions again were very vague. Find the pipeline. It is on hwy 97.
After finally getting the rig turned around we went south for several miles and pulled over again. After several phone calls, someone from the pipeline came and found us and took us to the site.
After looking at the site I told the set up guys that they could get another gate guard out there as I was not going to pull our trailer onto that site.

That started more talking and the company man said he would get a road grader on site to level it out and clean it up. After about an hour wait the grader showed up, did his thing and the more he did the worse it got. They had come thru and cut all of the underbrush out and when he started grading it brought up all of the roots and made things really bad.

We came very close to saying goodby, but decided to give it a try. We are on a pipeline which looks like it will be a 12 hour gate. 7am to 7pm. We still get paid for 24 hours though. It is very very dusty, much worse that the caliche. If it rains we are in deep shit....mud, mud, mud.
We are right off of the very busy highway, about 50 yards or so.

So thats it. It has been one bad day, and last night also.
Hope yours was better.
Oh, BTW we do have good phone and internet. The best internet we have had in Texas.
We are three miles east of Cotulla on hwy 97.
Take care, and remember, we love ya,
Jim and Linda