My curiosity is now peaked.  The neighbor to the north has a pond on their property.  Note - there isn't any structures on any of the land surrounding me.  There is a house around the corner and down the street a bit and well back from the road.  My intended operation will not affect them. Also note - lots of land for future expansion if the need arises and if any of the property owners decided they wanted to sell - they are doing nothing with any of that property.  Maybe hunting - can't tell that from satellite photos.  

I was looking at the property again - more like admiring the property.  It's just beautiful - but I wanted to look at the neighbor to the south.  There are easements through their property and some of them are close to what I am trying to buy.  Just wanted to see what is going on there.  Namely, wanting to see if there is a gas operation going. Whatever is going on, it's not a gas operation and that's a sigh of relief.  I don't have to think about having noisy trucks running back and forth.  That's something I should have looked into before signing a contract - however -  there is a provision in the contract that either party can back out of it.  I think there's a time limit to it tho.  

Anyway, I am only guessing, but it appears the pond is fed by some water source coming off of "my" property.  The reason being is there are trees going straight from "my" property to that pond.  There are no other trees on the property - except trees leading off to the next property in a row. That suggests a stream and I am highly likely going to trek over there in a bit.  It is supposed to rain today but not until later.  I have only seen one stream going through "my" property and that is only active when it's raining. A few small pools of water here and there, but it isn't a constant running body of water.  Which could make for a nasty looking and smelling pond in between rainfalls during the summer. People build ponds out in this region all over, apparently the EPA doesn't care about that? Or - who knows what.  It's something I'd like to pursue in the future regardless of what property I get.  We have no shortage of water out here, it rains frequently.  Having a well drilled and supplying a pond with water wouldn't be a strain on the water system. Put it close to that stream and any rain runoff could simply drain down there. 

I also saw that someone is doing what appears to be a large dirt operation.  Mining it and hauling it off would be my guess.  It looks like they've removed small hills worth of soil to - I would guess have hauled off. However, the entrance to that operation is coming from a different direction and looking at the roads, it seems that any trucks are coming in from the south.  I have yet to see any signs of trucking operations going on, even tho that is definitely some sort of commercial operation replete with large trackhoes and earth moving equipment.

The wonders of Google Earth and just plain Google with satellite view.  It's pretty cool. You can inspect other people's property without ever stepping foot on it.  Someone else - well down the road - has  a mobile home set up well off the road. There are piles of garbage or - whatever - littered all over it.  There are very few houses along the road.  I may post a satellite view of it later today.  Just don't feel like doing that right now lol.  

The only explanation for all of the utilities running through this area is that large power plant.  Henry W. Pirky power plant.  It's a lignite-fueled power plant. Admittedly, I had to look up the word lignite to find out what that is.  I guess that stuff must be in abundance in the area - I had no idea.  I thought maybe a natural gas power plant.  Anyway, if you satellite image that plant, up north of it is Finklea road. You'll see a manufacturing plant at the entrance to the road off of I-20.  My intended property is down the street from it - well down the street tho.  That plant is vacated.  Well maintained and up for lease, but nothing going on there atm.  

Regardless, the water supply utility must apparently think there is some future for that area in installing all of that water pipe there.  I dunno, maybe.  Just looks like an area where people just like to - own land lol. Not many houses and no appearance that anyone is going to build anything there.  This is why I think this plot of land is perfect for my intended use. I won't be bothering anyone, I won't have a loud operation - this is going to be a "peace and quiet" setup, people that don't like that can go down the road to the other RV parks and join the sardine can setup they have at all of them around here - and I want to maintain the beauty and serenity of the area as much as possible.  

I dream at the moment. The land is not mine and there is a long wait.  The only thing I can do right now is go visit and soak it all in.  I would love to rent a bobcat for a few days and clear out brush between the trees. Obviously a waste of money and illegal actually since the land isn't mine yet.  They don't care if I traipse the property tho.  They shouldn't since I am under contract with it, have paid earnest money on it and the holdup is not of my doings.  

With that, I best be about the day.  Doing something.  Lol.  

g'day