As he expected, Andy couldn’t drive on the road down in the canyon yesterday —the two pictures below show where the road had been.
Fortunately the streams in the “hole” were less than a foot deep, so he could get up to the land that way.
The good Lord willing and the creek don’t rise, they’ll repair this section Monday.
As usual, there are more pictures on Flickr.
well now. it’s getting almost spooky!!!
that land just does NOT want a road there.
andy is brave.
such undercutting by the water. i’d hope it never gives way under him.
i wish you could just pour great long slabs of concrete through there to the cabin.
and as soon as i’ve written that i know it’s a stupid remark.
as in . . .
i wish you had a million dollars to spend on this road!!! 😀
your patience and cheer in facing this constant drawback is legendary!!!!!
simply legendary! i’m learning monk. i’m learning from you and andy! 😀
The concrete slab would soon be covered by mud.
We just need to give the water a place to go under the road. That culvert worked fine for 35 years. — the problem is all the extra water from the burn scar. A lot of people are waiting a few years before moving back up there. Andy tells them he thinks that’s a good idea — if he were younger he might do the same thing.
We’ll probably put in another culvert here. This part of the road isn’t as complicated as the part coming down from the mesa. That one would have been much harder to fix if it had washed out, so we’re pleased it did so well. Hope it does as well in the future.
One of my favorite bloggers lives in the mountains of Colorado and is cut off from the towns because the roads have washed out: http://romp-roll-rockies.blogspot.com/2013/09/incomprehensible.html
it has reached as far as my own beloved little town of canon city i understand!
this is phenomenal. talk about the ‘hundred year flood!’
i am sitting here. barely able to type.
tears streaming from my eyes.
i must have been holding my breath and crying throughout the entire time.
i had always followed her blog… discovered her from angus.
but i had to stop. like wilf and his cancer that i managed to stay with . . .
i couldn’t go through it with k.
i don’t know why it touched me so hard. my zeke’s cancer then too no doubt.
i just now clicked on ‘my angel k’ and watched the video of the artist kathleen’s painting of k.
if you’ve never watched it . . . YOU MUST! the music alone til the very end … and the eyes of k. it’s simply stirring and unbelievable. thank you for putting her link here monk. i always thought so highly of her. she’s remarkable. i’m glad to meet shyla now.
Yes, KB is one courageous woman. You can understand why Andy and I aren’t complaining.
goodness, I guess if you have unsealed and unlooked-after roads by regional roading folk then you have problems – I think that when there are major storms here, rural areas suffer road/land wise.
It’s the price one pays for living away from civilization.