Catching up again…
So, last time I blogged, we were gate guarding for Riata
Oilfield Services in Cotulla, TX. Second
week in July we got the news that the gate closed, and we had 5 hours to get
off the pad. We made it in 4. Off to Hondo we went, where we cleaned the
rig, unpacked the bays, set up our bbq pit…and bought a new to us car! It’s a 2015 Equinox, which can be owed 4
wheels down behind he MH.
Two weeks later I got a call from Guard 1 Services, asking
if I wanted to work a guard shack outside of Cotulla, but no MH pad, which
meant we had to find and pay oilfield prices for an RV spot. We did, stayed at JD’s Nueces River RV park,
to the tune of $550 a month…for Aug and Sept.
They shut that gate Sept 24th so Oct 3rd we were
back in Hondo.
Our friends, Lynn and Joyce Marlatt from Riverton came to
Hondo for the winter, so we started the usual winter activities. Eating, happy hours, Dr appts, etc.
Right before Thanksgiving I got a call from Guard 1, asking
me to work a shack in the Whitsett area.
I said OK and off I went, 4 days on, 4 days off, 12 hour days…but,
Cinder wasn’t doing very well when we were in Cotulla, so I left David and her
at the park in Hondo and drove back and forth every 5 days. That worked out OK until Feb when we decided
to take the MH down because I was spending a fortune on room rentals.
So, off we went, and spent a week at Choke Canyon state
park, which is really a great park!
However, the day after I got the call that the gate closed…so back to
Hondo we went.
That was in mid-February, and we stayed in Hondo, until
April 1st. That’s when we hit
the road and I decided to start blogging
again.
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