Waking up to a beautiful sunrise with an orange so bright it will make the three OSU alumni blush. Quick breakfast is all there is time for with the long drive to Lignite. The road twists and is full of well heads and natural gas flares shooting flames 30 feet in the air. Small towns busting at the seams is common spectacle, like a big man in a little coat. It just doesn’t quite fit, to see the sleepy towns with the sewing machine repair next to makeshift bar and grill. Eighty-nine miles and three hours later, they arrive at the first gas plant of the week.
Alana who helps run the Lignite facility treats the auditors very well with an office space, printer, files and paperwork and after a few hours of working she provides a home cooked meal for all the employees and us lucky visitors brownies with caramel sauce almost puts Mark into a coma with chocolate so rich and delicious, he needs a glass of milk and couch for a nap. No time for that however, they have the Canadian border and two compressor stations to visit. After making quick work of two compressor stations on Sunday, the auditors have a system down. 
The Canadian border was as exciting as ERM mapping which they of course love; the guys are deeply disappointed in the border town, run-down and dirty. No Mounties are to be seen anywhere, if travel had been more than seven miles they would be asking for a refund.
No time to sulk, Jason is waiting to show off his new compressor station. Then it is home sweet home for a camp fire with a menu consisting of hobo dinners and s ’mores. Ground beef, smoke sausage, potatoes, jalapenos, onions, carrots and seasoning lightly tossed with extra virgin olive oil is placed in a foil packet and carefully positioned among the fire wood and hot coals. The Oklahoma boys relive childhood memories while roasting marshmallows to be placed between graham crackers and a chocolate bar that will melt upon its marriage with the hot, gooey, puffy cloud of sugary goodness.
Game planning and map research consumes much of the evening, as they know the travel will devour much of their day tomorrow. Garden Creek Plant and Twin Valley are their next scheduled stops.
Very pretty scenery! Who won the game of horseshoes? That's a classic RV park game.
ReplyDeleteHave you been introduced to washers by your fellow campers yet?
I think the horse shoe won. Richard and I are embarrassingly bad. I actually was introduced to washers while tailgating at an OSU game a few years ago. We haven’t seen any “RV’ers” playing, but we have a number of nights left.
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