Happy Valentine's Day from Kevin

Now you may wonder from the title if there is something wrong with Kevin, because you're thinking to yourself, that doesn't sound like something he would say. Well, there is nothing wrong with me, well, not any more than normal. I do think Valentine's day is a bit stupid, if I offend you by that, well, I'm not sorry. Anyway, this rare posting is well overdue after Ross urged me make my prescense known on this internet type thing. I just wanted to show ya'll what I was doing this Valentine's Day and pretty much all week.
Early monday morning I hopped into my Texas Edition "man truck" and pointed it west towards the city of "Sweet Clean Abilene". My company has a jobsite out there that we sample monitor wells on a quarterly basis. This week, I was out there installing additional wells around the neighborhood. The fun part began as the cold front arrived on monday night. Monday's 70 degrees and sun turned to subfreezing temps and snow. It is interesting how clever you become when attempting to pump water out of a well when it is below 20 degrees. Without getting into details, I found ways to keep pumps, meters, and water from freezing up for two days. As I spent my last few hours working on Thursday, the sun came out and the temperature skyrocketed up to near 30 degrees. Wow! 30. No kidding, I was sweatin' like a girls high school baskeball team prior to a game with the Jackets! (read previous blog postings)
Here are some pictures for those of you who wonder what in the world I do for a living. Most people don't understand it anyway. (Allison for one thinks I play in the dirt. Hmm, she's not all that far off)
The pictures are of the drill rig, the finished wells, some soil borings (unfortunately the steam rising from the freshly removed soil failed to show up in the picture) and the giant vaccum cleaning looking device is just that---This is to show us where the gas, sewer and water lines are before we bust 'em with the augers (which would be a very costly mistake). One guy uses a 6' long metal air blaster that breaks up the soil to 5-6' and the vaccum removes the dirt. Fun stuff. Yes, it was very fun despite working 11 hour days when the temps ranged from 18-28.
So there you have it Ross.