We usually have only one mud season a year, but with all the freezing and thawing since January, we’re now on our third. Hopefully it will be our last for the year, because they really wreak havoc on the roads.
The above picture was taken where the mud wasn’t so bad. There are parts where Andy doesn’t dare stop — he drives along, slithering from side to side, at three to four miles an hour. Parts of the ruts are frozen, parts are muddy, so if he went much faster it would be easy to be thrown off the road and down the hillside.
The weather forecast now is for continued warmth, so hopefully the ice under the mud will melt, the mud will dry out, and the roads will be fine until the rainy season — when we will have a different set of problems. Andy never suffers from lack of variety.
March 7, 2015
That looks like a four wheel drive vehicle. If it is, I am not surprised that Andy goes driving in the mud. I would too given enough motivation to reach something worthwhile, say like a hot meal waiting at the other end!
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Yes, all of our cars are four-wheel drive. When we get a snowy winter, it’s even helpful down here. And motivation/desire can definitely add spice/adventure to life. Glad you can get your hot meals without so much effort, though!
After our 2004 black CRV was totaled in December 2010, we replaced the all wheel drive with a 2010 silver CRV with front wheel drive only. With the ice and snow last year and this, we’ve regretted not getting the all wheel drive model. Our unpaved driveway slopes down from the road and, when icy, it’s difficult to get this car up to the highway. The truck is 4 wheel drive and has no problems, but that’s what I drive to work and if Karen wants to get out, al she has, then, is the car. I came home early one day last week just to make sure she would be able to get to the gym.
Our driveway is in the worst shape it’s been in the 32 years we’ve lived here. We’ve never had any work done on it, but that’s one of the things we’ll be paying for with this contract job.
Actually, the car I drive has all-wheel drive. I hadn’t realized you get so much ice and snow.
We sympathize with you about the driveway work!
We know mud season!!!!! No fun for driving – that’s for sure. We live on a dirt road, and we get multiple huge snow storms every spring. The sun is warm enough that the road turns into a slimy muddy mess the next sunny day. Ugh!
It sounds as if you have the multiple messes too. I agree, they’re no fun!
we had safety classes when we moved to far northern minnesota.
we moved there from virginia.
even having lived in upstate new york… we were not familiar with the strength of the winters there.
one of the things i remember was … it’s dangerous to walk in the woods after a heavy snow season there. the ground had frozen sometimes deeper than 6 feet deep.
in spring … mud season … you could be walking in the woods and drop into a mud pit and literally it acted almost like quick sand.
i thought they were kidding. they were not.
I had heard of the MInnesota winters, but I hadn’t realized the mud was that dangerous. Thanks for the education!
well living in a big metropolitan city means the only time we see mud is when roadworks required moving right down to the dirt…
although if I was to drive say 20km one way I would probably hit a dirt road…
my neighbour has what is nearly a dirt road to his place, the driveway seal has worn away over the years, weeds shoot up through what is left…in the winter it has rogue puddles!
I don’t think you’re missing much! 🙂