Here It Is June Already . . .

Th' temperature has been in th' triple digits for about 3 weeks now and for about a week or so it was 102, everyday.  Summer starts Saturday June 21 at 6:51 A.M. EDT, HA, I can hardly wait.  Had just a little rain th' other day and about 5 drops yesterday.  BUT, I guess that's how it's supposed to be down here in SW Texas.  Th' cactus and th' Mesquite seem to be flourishing pretty good.   I put out a big pan of water (across th' road from us) and th' roadrunners and rabbits seem to really enjoy that.

102 Everyday for 'Bout a Week

El Coyote

Th' Roadrunners, rabbits and all th' birds are still puttin' on a show for us daily.  Now we're even seein' a couple of eagles.  And, th' other day, I saw this critter walk by, rather nonchalantly, right in front of our RV.  I've seen them now about 3 times but th' other 2 times it was at night.  Hope they're not scouting us out and planning an attack or something.  I do th' night shift here and it's pretty dark (especially when ya get away from th' security lights).  Th' pad flare puts off a little light, but it's 'bout a 1/4 mi. from us so it don't help a whole lot. I tend to do some wandering' around out there at night so probably need to keep a watchful eye out for 'em.

Our traffic has dropped off drastically since they cut th' pipeline in.  I suppose in a 24 hr period we have probably 'bout 4 or 5 pickups and maybe 8 or so water and oil trucks.  Some nights, they stop coming in round 10:30 or so (and that makes for a looong night).  Once in a while, I'll have trucks in up until 'bout 2 and everything is out by 3:30.  Early trucks start 'bout 7 to 7:45AM.

25 more days and we're off for a Colorado 4-Wheelin' Family Reunion up around Poncha Springs.  Our boy, Jeff (who lives in Wiley, Co), does this trip every year, but this is th' first year we've been able to go.  Can hardly wait.  Already have our side by side Ranger ATV reserved.  We'll be gone from th' oil fields for about a month but will still be posting on here and FaceBook.  Gate Guard tells us that we'll be able to come right back to th' same gate.  That's good, th' traffic is pretty light and we like that.

Later   .   .   .