Tom, Success? Define success. LOL Drilling this summer was unsuccessful = no gas to process. They are still at it, hopefully have enough next summer to run the plant. So plant is on stand-by until spring. We left it near complete so we could finish it in better weather next spring to process the gas in the summer. I have a lot of ideas for a better plant (wasn't mine that we installed), so if the gas volumes justify it, I'll be back to re-engineer the one on the site.
As a company (mine), it was a very successful venture. Construction is not on my resume, but I had to wear the hat of chief inspector and field installation engineer to handle vendor no-shows (along with tech. support and customer rep.). Planned to work 2 weeks of each month in field, wound up working months on end in the field- not my bag of tea. Didn't have much time to enjoy the Moab area, but did see the sights. It's a tourist trap, so we had to learn how the locals survived without getting fleeced. Missed two fishing vacations and the FFF clave in Whitefish, plus the Denver Flyfishing Retail Trade Show. (Now flyfishing related) Planning now for 2009 fly shows and fishing trips. I know I can make the Denver Furimski show and the ISE Sportsman's expo, but it looks like we will miss the Sowbug and Idaho Shows (cruise). I am planning to make the 2009 FFF. Anyone know where it is? I'd like to make a Jersey show again- that was fun. Also want to make the FFF Saltwater show + fishing. Also planning another trip to Loreto for August. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Davenport" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 9:52 PM Subject: [VFB] Re: Don Ordes - aka DonO?? It's good to hear from you Don. It would have been fun to have hooked up with you while you were in Utah, but it sounds like you didn't really have a lot of time. Were your efforts with your company a success? On Nov 16, 2008, at 10:28 AM, DonO wrote: > > Tom, > > I got to fish ONCE on Blue Lake, up there in the mountains. Beautiful > little lake full of 12"-16" stockers- all hungry for hoppers. > > Owah (sp?) looked like a nice belly-boat lake, but it was crowded. > Up in the > mountains to the east also. > > There's a creek coming in to town on the east side, with a parking > area. > Walk up that creek with some dries and bead-heads and work the under- > cuts > and deep holes. Some wormers were bringing out some nice browns up > to 16" > from that little creek. > > I didn't get much time to fish- 12hr. days/6, and then we went to > 12/7 for > the last months. Can't complain- the $$ was great. Got to do lots of > arrowhead hunting. > > Got evacuated one night for a fire just west of our campground. > Only reason > it didn't get us was that the wind was blowing the right direction. > Huge > fire in a wilderness section of the valley- no homes lost- no > injuries. > Suspected arson. Got lots of 'neat' photos. > > On a side-note- fishing related... > > I did order a handy-rifle in my S&W 50cal. to back up my bear-buddy > pistol > for fishing Glacier Park. Hope I'll never have to use either, but > fishing > is just more relaxing knowing I have a deterrent for becoming a > high-colesterol lunch for some hungry bear. I'm working with a bullet > loader to develop a flash-blast pistol-round that will be a deterrant > without harming the bear. Loud boom, big flash, and tiny surface > pain (no > penetration). He did get my shot-pellet rounds made, so I can get a > rabbit > dinner without blowing it up to sub-atomic-sized particles. > > DonO > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Davenport" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 4:06 AM > Subject: [VFB] Re: Don Ordes - aka DonO?? > > > > I'd like to here about your fishing in Moab. We go down for the > scenery, and I always take my pontoon boat out on Ken's Lake, an > impoundment south east of town which I think provides water for the > city. > > The fishing there is always fun, with planted rainbows, crappie, bass > and and occasional brown that comes down from the river above. Since > I am usually in Moab with my wife (who doesn't fish) it gives me a > quick fly fishing fix during what would otherwise be a sight seeing > trip. > > Did you go up into the Manti-La Sal national forest? What lakes did > you fish? > > Tom > > On Sep 29, 2008, at 10:46 AM, DonO wrote: > >> >> Hey, guys! I just got in from Moab for my week 'off'. Thanks for >> remembering I existed at one time. >> >> My truck broke down yesterday on the way home in Craig, Colo- seems >> like a >> tiny little thing like an fuel injector elec. socket connector is >> responsible or side-lining many Duramaxes like mine. $10 part and >> $1000 >> problems. My son drove my other truck down to Craig to load me up >> on a >> trailer and haul me home, so instead of getting in at 2:00am >> yesterday, I >> didn't get in until 11:00 last night. >> >> Things are too busy at the job site to spend any time on the web, >> and the >> trailer park where I'm camping does not have cable internet. I'm >> the chief >> inspector (and on-site designer), so it's just a constant stream of >> activities from the moment I get there until I leave, and then they >> shut the >> generator down at 5:30. It's a $14mm plant and it's looking pretty >> good >> now, and it looks like we'll be done by Thanksgiving. >> >> We did take a drive Sunday 2 weeks ago and found some nice trout >> lakes up in >> the mountains east of Moab. And then we mapped out some trips up to >> the >> lakes on the mesa SE of Grand Junction. So I'm hoping as the work- >> load >> tails off towards the end of the job I'll be able to get away and do >> some >> fishing. I'm already checking the fishing schedules in Baja and >> seeing >> what's available in Dec. thru Feb.- i.e. what's biting & where. >> >> There are fishermen on the job site, but no flyfishers or tiers, so >> I'm all >> alone with only Buggs and Dr. D to keep me company and talk >> flyfishing with. >> Veronica does not like the desert, so she stayed home in Casper. I >> did >> exchange a couple of direct emails with Keith Passant over a mouse >> donation >> to a special event he was a part of. >> >> Where can I get to see a pic of the fly plate for Mark Delaney? I >> have over >> 400 emails in my in-box and won't be able to get to them until >> later, after >> I get my truck taken care of. >> >> Tight Lines, >> DonO >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jimmy D. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Virtual Fly Box" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 8:31 AM >> Subject: [VFB] Don Ordes - aka DonO?? >> >> >> >> Anybody heard from DonO lately? I know he's been as busy as a >> one-legged fly fisherman in the Frying Pan, what with designing gas >> well >> structures, etc. but it ain't like Dr. Dimento not to post once in a >> while. Sure hope you're OK, DonO ! >> >> JIMMY D >> >> -- >> >> >> **************** ><((((((((º> ************** >> JIMMY D. 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