Davenport platform comes down

There has been visual confirmation that they weren't just tripping pipe last week at the Davenport Ranch horizontal drilling site.

Late this morning the tower was down and the platform was being stripped. This afternoon, all the equipment was on wheels and rolling.

Is everything hinging on the outcome of this well? It seems that breaths are being held and knuckles are white waiting for the first production report. I wonder if it means anything to anyone other than the owners of the ranch land and minerals. Perhaps it's all that possibility that has everyone so giddy.

I was sorry to hear that Doshia Cave died earlier this week. I had the opportunity to get to know her and Dale pretty well a few years ago. She was an icon to me when I was a kid going to Cross Roads Baptist Church because of the songs she taught us at vacation bible school. I knew it was going to be a good, fun day whenever she showed up to teach us.

The word is that there was a big turn out for the reunion today. Howard and Judy Gordon generously donated the use of the auditorium and annex for the event. Hopefully, someone will share a photo with me which I can share with all of you.

Hobbs Cafe to open Wed., Hobbs Reunion Sat.

I heard it from a friend who heard it from Howard G. that the cafe will be open this coming Wednesday, so bring a coffee mug and be there when the doors open at 5 a.m.

Rooms for lodging and office space will be available soon in the Hobbs School, and there will be rv spaces for rent on the old football field. It's looking pretty nice.

The Hobbs Reunion is this year, next weekend, Oct. 20, and will be at the school as usual. Registration is at 9 a.m., the program at 10 a.m., and lunch will follow with a choice of brisket or chicken (well, now I'm hungry!). The photo to the right is the registration form, click on it to make it larger so it can be read. I think it can also be printed out, if need be.

I drove past the Davenport Ranch horizontal well today, and it looked like they were pulling pipe. I heard they were through drilling, but I don't know the sequence of events after that. I'm just hoping they hit, giving me a better chance at some of that mailbox money.