God Laughed at our Plans
Y’all are funny! Yesterday morning, before we left Springfield, IL, we did a quick post with one of the popular (so last month) AI caricatures. We asked you all to take a guess at where we were headed next. We…
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🎵 On the Road Again…
🎵 On the Road Again…🎵 We are hitting the road again…make a guess in the comments as to where we are headed!!!
This Illinois Weather is for the Birds!!
This Illinois weather is for the birds!!! Last week it was 103F in Cotulla, TX where we were gate guarding. Tonight, the low is predicted to be 19F!! At the moment, we have pulled in the three slide-outs of the…
Update on out whereabouts…
Update on our whereabouts… We remain in Springfield, Illinois. As you hopefully read in our last post, we cancelled a planned five-week visit to Portugal, Spain, and Italy, including a seven-night cruise of the Mediterranean, because of a family medical…
The Next Adventure
BAD NEWS UPDATE: This post was scheduled to post tomorrow morning (Tuesday). However, yesterday, on Sunday afternoon, after driving up to Joliet to start the journey, we had to make the disappointing decision to cancel the entire trip. Without going…
A Trip to Mexico!
A trip to MEXICO!!! On Monday morning at 9:25am, another gate-guard couple arrived at our gate to take over for us. Our days of guarding a multi-million dollar (insert gloating) drilling facility had come to a close. We were absolutely…
The Pros and Cons of Gate Guarding
The Pros and Cons of Gate Guarding~ First, an update- Two weeks ago, we thought we had just a few days left at this site. The drilling crew had made record time getting to “TD”. TD is the “total depth”…
Severe Winter Storms
This is just a quick hodgepodge post. As most of the US braces for back-to-back severe winter storms, we seem to have landed in the right spot this winter! We are just an hour north of Laredo, Texas, well south…
A story about a dog.
This is a story about a dog. Meet “Brown Cow”. “Brown Cow” appeared at our oil rig gate a few days ago. He is friendly, affectionate, and cute. But he has a devilish side to him. “Brown Cow” approached the…
Happy New Year!!!
Happy New Year!!! If you sent us a tray of Christmas cookies, cakes, or a stack of $100 bills to our temporary residence in Whitsett, Texas, we never received them!! We hope that 2026 is an amazing year for each…
Texas Heat
Whew…This Texas heat is something else!! We had to put up our sun shelter! We are definitely enjoying this weather as opposed to the Arctic north!
Merry Christmas
From Whitsett, TX we’d like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. Today, our savior is born! Hallelujah!
