Cold this morning with the water hose freezing but as soon as the sun came up it was fine. The thermometer said it was 33 degrees when we got up, but probably a bit colder than that at some time.
Not a lot going on here at The Ranch. Did some paper work this morning and tuned into the football games and later the Nascar race. Went to Happy Hour at 4pm and picked up some work orders so I will have something to do in the morning.
The photo is of the oil refinery in Artesia which is probably why they can afford all of the upgrades to the buildings and the sculptures in town. The landscape around is dotted with oil wells. The refinery is in the second block east of the main north/south street and there is only a few businesses east of the refinery apparently due to the odor of the natural gas, etc. Most of the businesses and residential areas are all west of the center of town. The Walmart is on the west edge of town and a couple of blocks north. It appears they bought a full city block and built on the back corner with parking in front and frontage areas on two sides to sell as out lots. Probably make more selling out lots than the property cost originally.
Will try to get things secured tomorrow and ready to move out on Tuesday.