Mississippi

Spent most of the last 2 weeks down in Mississippi. The job site was in Crystal Springs (south of Jackson) but the hotel was in Jackson. I also had a chance for a quick trip to Starkville (those pictures should look familiar). They're out of order, and I'm too lazy to reorder them...

View from Skunk Hill at Southfarm with a storm rolling in. The storm was amazing!

The 'cross bike at skunk hill. Notice it now has 2 front chainrings. Too many hills in Vermont for the 1x9.

Tool of the trade. Doing the profiling work, we use 7/16" wrenches a lot (for the stainless tubing connections). The job site was a factory that makes transformers, so there was all sorts of copper laying around. Decided to decorate my wrench with a piece of wire...

Ah Southfarm, my old friend, we meet again.

Purple.

Clover, over and over.

Where I spread Zephyr's ashes, near a pasture where some friendly cows usually hang out. I miss that little dog.

Riding near the hotel in Jackson, came across a big puddle near the Pearl River. What is that?

Why, it's a young alligator gar! These guys get huge (6 feet or more). These poor guy was stranded and his tail was beat up.

Inside the plant where the job was. This is a Geoprobe rig. Because we were sampling from a shallower depth, this thing can drive the rods as far as we need. No big drill rig necessary (wouldn't work indoors anyway).

Another view of it. The 3 stainless steel lines run to the "box" where the magic happens.

The "box". This was taken in the middle of an 18 hour work day...

Back in Vermont, before the trip - the Suby.

Truckin'. Smoking up a hill at 45 mph in West Virginia.

Me and Fordo in KY beside the truck.

The 'cross bike along the levee in Jackson near the hotel.

The Pearl River in Jackson.