Our search for the Great Pumpkin...

This is Bubba and Randy standing in front of a small country store in Maybell, Colorado. We were on our way back from Rock Springs, Wyoming. I needed a potty break so these two decided to go inside the store. I saw a Kodak moment and asked them to let me get a pic.

This is Scott in his twin steer bobtailing a pump on new end, Nabors M-11. The location isn't very crowded yet. He's just getting started. The haul trucks are bringing the rig from 21 miles away in DeBeque. You can see the mats on the ground that the rig sits on.

This is a motor that Scott is pulling off of a haul truck that he will put in place when the time is right. The mountains you can see in the background is across the valley and is Logan. I've been up there several times. What a rush!

I'm sitting about 10 miles from new location. The haul trucks would come from DeBeque and I but would take them the rest of the way. In this pic you can see the first crane on location. There isn't much there yet, or that you can see from this distance.

This is a snap shot of some of Tri States big wigs. Ryan, in blue on the left, Humday or David standing next to Ryan. I'm not sure who the man in red is, and then Mr. Bill. A pilot friend asked me if they were having a safety meeting and I replied, "I don't think so. I think it's more of a BS meeting." They're standing in front of the three generators for the rig.

This is Randy in a haul truck heading down the draw just before the new location.

These are the two cranes lifting the dog house off a haul truck. As you can see the location is getting crowded.

This is Scott again bobtailing a fuel tank. You can see part of the derrick in the background. This is the crown. The yellow on the derrick is the crows nest. The very top of the rig.

Another view of the twin steer unloading the haul truck.

This is new location before the big pieces arrive. The white truck is what Bill drives.

We had a rig that we moved up this mountain. The rig is gone now but it was on the top of the road you can see on the right. I was killing some time before a haul truck came my way so I took a pic of it. I'll post more pics tomorrow.