Beate wrote this morning that they had another 3/4 inch of rain, a fair share of it hail, last night. And it came down in ten minutes — between 11:30 and 11:40 PM. Argh! She said the road down to the canyon bottom (the one that needed most of the work last weekend) looked all right. Beate and Tim cleared out the three big culverts in the canyon bottom — known as the Gold Star culvert, and the three- and four-foot culverts. Bless them!
Andy spent most of the day clearing out most of the ~15 culverts along our “driveway” (from the canyon bottom to our house). He has four more to do. We were surprised that they needed so much work because the hillsides have a lot of vegetation, and last time they didn’t have any problems at all.
If we don’t have another big rain we won’t have to call in the heavy equipment this weekend. The adventure continues.
July 17, 2014
Yes, I can see the growth taking hold of the top soil. It should become stronger given some respite from heavy rains.
It’s getting better, and all the work we put into upgrading the culvert system helps a lot too.
i just had a thought! maybe silly. but still …
for all the money and time you’ve already spent on big earth moving equipment etc…
maybe you could have built a simple elevated road on concrete piers!
of course you have to know even by this comment that i haven’t a clue what i’m talking about. it just seemed like a good idea at the time. LOL.
i think rummy’s no doubt right. the fire caused all this erosion. once the undergrowth is back the land will surely not keep washing out the road. right?
Andy says simply paving the road would help a lot, but it would cost millions, so we’ll wait until we win the Powerball. 🙂
“If we don’t have another big rain we won’t have to call in the heavy equipment this weekend.” Which is expensive as it has to come 50 or more miles to get to “the land” & then back to where it came from.
Sorry 🙁 I’m all about being pragmatic & saving $$.
But “you can’t take it with you”.
I LOVE all that greenery. It’s the prettiest of greens when foliage is young. 🙂
We love the greenery too! About the cost — no one ever said Andy’s projects were practical — or inexpensive 🙂 He does seem to be happy, which is what I care about.