Washed Out

Nice shot of the creek, huh? Unfortunately, it's our road back to civilization.

The weather finally cleared Wednesday afternoon. Jo and I (and the dogs) walked up our road out to check out its condition. Most of the road is in pretty good shape. However, they say that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Likewise, when you need to drive off our place, the road out is only as good as it's worst section.

This is the worst section. You can see the blocked water cutout on the right of this photo, and get an idea of the depth of the rut by looking at the wall height on the left. If I'm careful, I think I can get our van out by straddling the deepest part of the wash out. It will be a bumpy ride, but I think I can do it. At least I won't have to worry about getting stuck with all those rocks to drive over. Getting our Nissan pickup out is another story. With it's lower ground clearance, I don't think the Nissan will be able to make a trip out until the road is graded -- and that may be a while. Every road in the county no doubt has sections that look like this. A road serving only one household won't have a very high priority, I'm afraid. (Obviously, there's no way I can drive around the washed out sections.)

Jo is inspecting a rough section down near the house. If not careful, I could bet stuck in this flatter area. It is topped with clay and hasn't washed away all the way down to the rocks.

Washed Out