Our Road

Today the much needed Saturday arrived. I am enjoying the damp weather that was gifted to us last night. I woke to rain falling on our tin roof, it was a very welcome relief to the dry weather we have been having in the Central Sierra Mountains as of late. So as I sit here slurping my coffee and enjoying the wet ground I hear the Road Man fixing the path to our home. We live at the end of a very bumpy mile long dirt road and should keep it graded and nice yearly. The key word being "should" lol. So we did nothing to it last year so this year we hired out the work. lol. Oh my gosh have we worked on this road, we have used an old grader that was designed to be horsedrawn and converted to hook to a tractor or truck. Hubby bouncing on the contraption and stearing it while usually his brother at the wheel on the tractor or truck. We have also used numerous tractors and cats. Hubby has broken many many many rocks by hand with a maul. We have lived at the end of this dirt path for comming on 25 years (well hubby much longer) and boy do we have many memories associated with it.


When our children were little there were times when I did not have a 4x4 and let me tell you that is needed here in the winter time. When we were in said 2 wheel drive truck I would have to get a run at a couple of the hills when the mud was slick and snotty in the middle of winter on our mile long up hill drive...poor kiddos. lol. I would tell them hang on! And away we would go...poor kiddos they would bounce and hit their heads on the roof and we plowed on out to what ever activity required the departure from our very rual home. lol.

Well our road repair person had to call it quits early today because of the much needed rain that began to create a mud pit. lol. Road repair is much like washing your car...you are quaranteed rain if you decide to bite the bullet and complete the task. lol.

So you all should apreciate your wonderfuly paved short drives..lol.