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.