Another Texas sunset. Isn't it beautiful?

These shots are from August 10th and as you can see the building has almost reached us. Can't wait for the garage near us to be finished..we plan on reserving one! Not much to talk about except the need to constantly clean up the blowing debris. Between plastic bags, cups, cans, bottles, and lightweight building stuff our patio seems to be decorated everyday. Have fun watching the birds fight over all the food scraps the workers toss around but will talk about that some other time.

(Not so) Funny experiences of RV living. When we 1st got here there was no electricity yet so we had to use our generator which works off our propane tank. Apparently there are 2 lines from the tank. One line feeds the generator and the other our stove and fridge. Had no problem for a few days then all of a sudden we could not light our stove. Assumed we had run out of propane. So we had to pack everything up and drive to get a refill. This is a real pain and the only thing I don't like about a motorhome versis a 5th wheel or trailer. There is no removable, easy to take and get refilled, tank. With the class a the whole unit has to go with the tank. Anyhow, it turned out that the tank was not empty and the guy at the station said we have a problem with the valve. Got back to our site and when Jim backed in he went a little too far and the RV went down over the pad built for it. Luckily there were a lot of heavy duty tractors around so we got a front end loader and the driver pulled us out with no trouble. Saw this happen to an RV in TN and it cost $500.00 for this service. Our guy wouldn't even take a Coke. It did however cost us $150.00 for another guy to come and fix our valve. Seems there is a built in safety valve and if the tank is not shut off while filling this valve closes. The repairman said the pressure jamed this safety valve shut tight.

Lesson learned. Since we will be stationary on jobs for long periods of time we are going to purchase an auxilary tank that can be removed as needed. Also watch the filling mechanic to make sure the valve is closed before pumping.

We'd been here at the construction site for 1 month when these pictures were taken. You can see that construction is moving closer to our RV site. We have had very little rain and building is ahead of schedule. We had to put boards down after it did rain because the clay built up on our shoes so bad we grew a few inches and they were hxxx to clean.

Jim built the picnic table thinking we would be able to sit in the shade under our awning. That was when we had an awning. Texas has terrible, out of nowhere, wind gusts. One of them came by and took our awning off. The anchor bars to the RV just yanked and twisted out. Fortunately the replacement was covered by insurance. Since we have to remain on property during our contract the hard part was finding a repairman to come here for the estimate and replacement. That took over a month but we do not put the awning up anymore. We tried a tarp staked to the ground...wind got that too. So we just sit and enjoy the Texas sun and sunsets.

On the job experience. When the site boss leaves for the day we lock the access gates and anyone working late on property has to come and get us to let them out. I drive around every 45-60 minutes to check. I always count vehicles when I drive around. One evening we were down to 1 truck left. I waited at the RV until it was getting really dark out, then drove to where the truck should have been, but it was gone. I checked every gate, we have 5, and they were all locked. I'm hysterical by now, how could I have lost a truck! I called Dan, the site boss, and he just started laughing. They took a gate off the hinges he said. We construction guys do it all the time! Jim still thinks they had a key but everyone I have talked to laughed and said the same thing. When I told our security boss he said I can tell you exactly what happened. They took the gate off the hinges. It is apparently standard proceedure. So I made up cards with a picture of a lock and key with our phone #'s and handed them out to anyone working late or coming in on the weekends when the gates are always locked. Since most workers are Spanish the picture sends the message. Hasn't happened again.