As some of you might know, I did a 3.5 week job down in the boonies in Nevada. I've been promising pics for a while and finally got around to posting them.
What we were doing down there was a borehole IP geophysical survey. We were running a 24hp Honda V-Twin genny, transmitting current into the ground and receiving it with electrodes that went into the boreholes. That's a good way to discover metal worth mining.

Pic#1: Our client's representative had his camper parked at a location that had this view. I don't blame him for not staying at a motel lol.


Pic#2: That's me operating the reel, lowering the electrode down the hole. To get electrical contact, we had to pump water into the hole almost continuously.


Pic#3: View from the grid. All desert with sage bushes that make your pants smell like you took a Newfie shower.


Pic#4: Under normal circumstances, our surface and ground electrodes would have been just stainless steel rods pounded into the ground. In the desert, we had to cut sheet metal, puncture it and wire it up to make electrodes. To get'em operational, we had to do a lot of heavy carrying through the bush and digging through rocks cemented with mud. Water canisters and salt were the biggest b***h.


Pic#5: We were staying in Eureka, Nevada, "The loneliest town on the loneliest highway in America." They had some real nice twisties up there, but there were also deer, cattle, rabbits (we'd kill like 2-5 of those rodents on our way back from the grid, each time) and owls (on one trip back, we killed 2, one causing a spectacular splash all over the windshield). The motel we were staying was very bike-friendly. This is actually a designated area for bikes and there'd usually be some parked in the back. Mostly cruisers since nearest other towns are hundreds of miles away.


Pic#6: Testing Tony's new strop. Used the Wapi. After 3.5 weeks it got fairly dull but still did the job.