Okay.

Back from Oklahoma. Opted to spend the night in my truck versus using my 16 hour exception - which adds 2 hours to the 14 hour on duty clock and get home last night.

The reason is because the dispatcher insisted that I take the Brownsville load tomorrow, even after discussing with here the fact that oftentimes on Sundays - which is what tomorrow is - there aren't any empties. The 2 hours? That helps if I have a breakdown such as a blown tire and I need the extra hours to either make it down or make it back up without going into a 3rd day.  

I informed her I would be fine with taking an Oklahoma run - they go out every day as well.  She just wouldn't have it, she is sending me to Brownsville and that's that.  Fine, but you know I need to be back Monday for my thing I'm doing Tuesday.  She informed me that she would contact my manager and ensure that if there aren't any empties available, I can bobtail back up.

So why do I have to go down there instead of someone else?  I didn't ask, I don't want to get on her bad side.  She is giving me a lot of Brownsville runs, which I like, just didn't want one this time.  But I'll take it and run with it and hope there aren't any issues and hope that there is an empty down there so I don't have to force the issue about coming back up.  It just mystifies me that there are drivers going up to Oklahoma tomorrow, any one of which would gladly take the Brownsville run save one person that doesn't like going down there.  

Now then, property. James and I are fixing to go over, cut the lock on the gate and go take a look.  Yes, I said cut the lock on the gate. The gas well company keeps putting locks up on the gate and the realtor keeps going out there and cutting them off.  The gas company doesn't own the land, it's an easement, they buy the right to use the property, not the right to control what others do on it.  They can't lock it up.  They can't put up signs saying no dogs and firearms and such - as this one has.  Unless it is written into a contract with the property owners somewhere, I'd have to take a look at that first.

If it isn't written into the contract with the property owners and if I bought that land? I'd take the gate down and remove that sign.  They have wells all over the place, one right down the street, they don't have those signs up on any of those properties....

I mean, the rear of the property is nothing but trees and enough land there to do what I need to do with it.  I could just build a separate road back in there and the gas people can have their own deal and I'd have mine.  I've noticed these well operations don't make noise - at all. Only if trucks are coming in removing salt water will you hear truck noise.  

Ugh but taking a real satellite view of the property, it doesn't look promising.  You'd have to drive through their operation to get to the rear of the property.  Curb appeal - zero, tho an RV'er wouldn't even see that until they drove all the way down the road to get to it.  Property way overpriced, they are extracting their money out of the ground, keeping the mineral rights and attempting to make even more profit off the sale of the land.  

Well we're going to go look anyway.  Just to curb my curiosity if nothing else.  

The other property on the same road is looking more appealing. I originally wrote it off because of the gas well there.  But it's on the edge of the property and most of it is on the property next door.  If I could get them to agree to me building a road for them on the same edge of the property, I wouldn't have to worry about it.  And get the perimiters of the easement clearly defined.  

Just got home, the boys are down for a nap so gotta wait til they wake up to go and cut the lock.  

Okay enough of this.  I won't be getting anything done at home today. It's already 2 and I intend on relaxing besides going and looking at this property.  The Brownsville run is a rather ruthless drive in terms of traffic, small towns and idiots on the road.  It takes it out of you.  Sunday drives are better, I won't lie.  And going down on Sunday means I don't have to content with all the Padre Island traffic coming up. 

Addler came in the house, said hello in his goofy way and proceeded to take over my bed lmao.

G'day.