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”…
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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!
Roadside Adventure ~
Roadside Adventure~ On the drive from Springfield, IL to Pleasanton, TX for this gateguarding job, we stopped at the smallest Catholic Church in the WORLD!! St Martin’s Catholic Church is located in Warrenton, Texas, just about in between Austin and…
Answers to Your Questions about Gate Guarding
Answers to your questions about Gate Guarding… We really appreciate your engagement with our posts! We received numerous questions about this gig. Our answers are below. We’ve also added a few photos with some photo captions. Enjoy!!! 1) How do…
Gate Guarding Update
Gate Guarding Update – 11/25/25 We had pretty well accepted the idea that the soonest we would get a gate would be December 1, so we set about getting settled in for a week of doing nothing. On Friday, we…
Here We Sit…
Here we sit. We left our jobs at Wonder Woods RV Park in the Sister Lakes of SW Michigan on November 6th. We stopped for a while in Joliet, IL, to take care of some business stuff, then on to…
Blessed With Many Visitors!
While spending the summer in SW Michigan, we were absolutely blessed with MANY visitors! While we tried to always remember to take pictures with our visitors, we weren’t always successful. Some people just stopped by for a quick chat, while…
Never Doubt the Goodness of People
When we left our careers and started this new life, we never expected to ride an emotional roller coaster through work-camping experiences. When we left Knutson Farms in Fisher, MN, after the sugarbeet harvest, we pulled away without ever saying…
