All depends on the time of year.
Winter. Doesn't get light until 9:30-10:00 am and things are slow, so maybe 7:30-8:00.
Summer/Fall normal start is 7:00 am, but if the crunch is on, 6:00 am and some times earlier.
Around here, one makes hay while the sun is shining and often, when it's not.
The rumor is that Mrs. Cow rolls out and is out of the house by about 6:30. I wouldn't know because my alarm is set for 7:00. A fire truck could fly by the bedroom window with the siren wailing and I wouldn't know about it if it happened prior to 7:00.
On the other hand, I was still drafting and kicking out e-mails at 12:30 a.m. a couple nights ago.
8:00 has been the official start time for any co-worker forever. If it's too hot, we either find something to do inside or we shut down. If it's too cold, same thing. My thermostat determines where "too" is.
Usually start at 7am. If the job is a couple hours away I try to be there at 7am. We try to work half days ( 12 hours):-D
You forgot to mention the yellow jackets, poson oak, berry vines, white thorn, 90% slopes, snow brush, chamise, and pot gardens. T'aint for everyone.
Oh yeah, and you forgot to mention that crawlin' is done with an instument pack on my back, triopd over one shoulder and brush hook in hand.
You also never mentioned those days setting up on a point on top of a rock outcrop on a mountaintop, or peaking from behind a bush at a bear confronting a cougar over the cat's kill. Or maybe hiking into a hillside covered in 8' dia puzzle back pine w/scattered sugar pines and Black Oak. How about having to strip down so as to wade across the frigid McCloud River on a frosty autumn morning to get to line.
By the way, those 100 degree days aren't so bad. Its the 115 degree days that make one wish one had been carrying 6 quarts instead of 4 that make one take pause. Even so, later that night, thoughts wander to ponder the 1880's GLO "methodology" of that particular township, whilst the day's terrain challenges are but a simple side note in the drift into sleep.
My office is in my home. I'm usually at the desk working by 5am. I never set an alarm.
There is no usual about how any particular day unwinds or how long it will last.
Licensed Land Surveyor
Finger Lakes Region, Upstate New York
I am solo, and my office is in a separate building behind the house. I try to be out there by 7:00 A.M..
I do find that it is really easy to et distracted with answering emails, other stuff, and sometimes I don't get out to the field as early as I need to, and end up working much later than I would like to.
Kevin, really??? I did not know y'all had a branch office at the Waffle House? 😛 😀
