Friday morning.
This "new" dispatcher isn't doing very well. She just doesn't know what she's doing. She's been in the position long enough she should have learned a lot of this by now. She contacted me last night telling me I would have to take a later load time so I can get my 34 hour reset in.
Okay. She never contacted me back with that load time. So this morning, I'm laying in bed wondering if I'm going to work the time I'm scheduled or going later? I have enough hours left on the 70 clock to do this Oklahoma trip, there's 17 on there that's plenty. It takes about 14 on duty hours to complete that trip from start to finish. So I contacted her a bit ago, she told the plant that I'm running late and I will be there at 11 am instead of 10:30. am.
The plant doesn't like drivers showing up late.
Regardless, I scoured the property sale sites yesterday and found only one property on there that might fit the bill, the rest of them are either too high priced, over priced per acre, under water or have other issues that make them unappealing, such as being out in the middle of nowhere. The property I did find, I couldn't access, there is a padlock on the gate.
It's a live gas well operation, they apparently believe they own the property, replete with signage at the front declaring that guns, dogs, alcohol and other things aren't allowed. Never saw a sign like that at any of the other properties, has my curiosity piqued. Like, what's going on back there that makes it different than others of their properties? It's not likely a good location for an RV park unless I create another road into the back of the property where there is plenty of room for RV pads and facilities. That is possible, the front of the property is nothing but a long driveway at least 300 feet long with trees next to it. Take down the trees on the corner of the property and create a separate road in there and I wouldn't have to fool with the gas operation.
But I need to be able to get back there to see for myself if/how that would work out. And most certainly not paying what they are asking for the property, they are getting their money out of that place, premium prices per acre are not warranted. They must have had this property up for sale previously, for the for sale sign out front has underbrush grown up all around it and you can hardly see it.
Whatever the case, I need to get out of here. Another rainy day in this region, a long day to boot. Whether I make this a one day trip depends on how far I make it tonight. I'd like to get this over with today and have tomorrow completely off, but that remains to be seen.
G'day.
