Pipelines, oil rigs and dancing

- Dozer at RPQRR -

There was a lot of activity going on at the Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch this week. A new pipeline is going in along US 180, across FM 611 and onto the quail ranch, and they also have another rig operating there. It looks like a vertical operated by Ringo. It's directly between the horizontal rig I took a photo of last week and the fence I was taking it from. The RPQRR Newsletter has verified that the damages from the pipeline are being used to build a new fence on the east side of the ranch. There's a real good photo in the newsletter of three coyote pups drinking out of a stock tank. There are also many other incredible and interesting photos as well as a lot of information about the ranch, community and critters that inhabit therein.

There's going to be a dance at the Hobbs Gym next weekend, just in time to welcome fall. Dusty Creek is playing Saturday night at 8:00 p.m. Cover charge is $15, cooler charge is $5. They'll be entertaining until midnight.

I just signed up for Big Country Electric's new phone app, Smarthub. It only took about five minutes and I'll be able to pay my bill from my phone. Now the water bill is the only one I'll be paying the "old-timey" way, by writing a check and mailing it in.

I noticed that the overpass from US 84 onto I 20 at Roscoe is open, again. I just try to stay out of everyone's way, coming or going around that area, which is referred to as Destruction Junction. There have been fatalities above and below that bridge, and numerous, numerous crashes. Caution to all who drive under or over.