Have I told you about Alberta Drilling Rigs

Two weeks ago on, October 24th, we (Russ, Miranda, Syd, Ina (Syd's sister from Beasejour, Manitoba) and her husband Gib) all headed into Red Deer to have dinner and watch the Vancouver Giants play the Red Deer Rebels.

We were able to visit with Russ's school friend Pete Toigo (Dad Ron owns the Giants). It was great visiting with him and the Giants won the game... Red Deer fans were very hospitable even when we cheered the visiting team.

Shirley ran into her old Red Deer College friend Gary Stafford and had a good visit with him and then we all headed home to Rocky after the game. A good time was had by all!

When we got home, we noticed loud noises from behind and west of our property. It was 'damned' noisy. Well it turns out that a drilling rig had moved in to the west of the house during the day and had begun drilling for natural gas. The rig was about 150 meters west of the house behind the trees. They operate 7 X 24. Boy were we ever shocked and a tad dismayed. We had no idea what would happen next.

But all is well that ends well. A little research with the locals and we found out that the drilling lasts anywhere from days to about a maximum of three weeks. This one was there for 2 weeks. All is quiet again! :) Russ checked it out for us on Saturday and said that all that was left of the rig and equipment was a 3" pipe with a black cap. It had a florescent orange square spray painted around it. The area had all been cleared away and cleaned up.

The folks that will hook the well up to the pipeline came by this morning to tell us that the 'service rig' would arrive later in the week. They would be there for approximately 1 week and they only operated during daylight hours.......

To all of our Vancouver friends:
Note the clear blue sky. Oh and the sun is shining in it......