I'm baaaack

Been away for a while as well as being up to my alligators ....

Heard that the 108 had some work done on it so I headed out to check it out (this was in early Oct.). Over the first 3 cattle guards the road appeared to be the same. After cattle guard 3 there started to be some evidence of work having been done. By the time I got to Bells Lake road it was apparent that there had been a fair amount of work done and it was almost pleasurable to drive it. Of course it would be that way if you had to drive it before they resurfaced it.

What I found amazing was that most of it was sand (?). Now the only time I have seen this done this way was when they were planning on seal coating it or putting on calcium. This has not happened and I have heard nothing to say that it is going to happen. A little bird told me the reason they put sand on it was that they had a lot of sand at the Bells Lk. Pit that they had to get rid of. Apparently they can have sand for fixed period of years before they have to get rid of it.

Now the road is getting packed down and it is absolutely amazing at how soon the washboard and pot holes that were there before are showing up, and in some cases, with vengeance. Also I note that the shoulder are not packed and are very soft. This is a real hazard. If you move to far over and get into the soft stuff it will pull you right into the ditch. It is going to be very interesting to see what happens in the spring time with the snow melts. Keep your fingers crossed.

Now on to my favorite bitch, eerrr complaint. Why can this crew, in Horsefly, not prepare a road up to a cattle guard? EVERY single cattle guard is a bloody mess. Come on folks, it's not rocket science. I guess the only thing that we can hope for is snow so that we can fill the cattle guards in and then grade over them to smooth the approaches.

That's it for now. Remember, if you have any comments feel free to do so.