Ever since before we bought our new house a couple of months ago, it was looking like the road leading up to it was going to be one of the more… let’s say interesting aspects of home ownership in this particular location. Parts of it are quite steep, including a fairly sharp kink, and it becomes a dirt road partway through.
It’s better than some of the other roads or driveways we were considering, though, and it ended up not being a deal-breaker (a conveniently-timed blizzard let me check that out before we bought). It’s maintained by the town, unlike the adventure-ridden driveways of a few houses we were looking at, and the town appears to be good at maintaining it.
Well, mud season officially started on Saturday, and my word for the road was “Wheeee!” The road has a posted limit of 6 tons for the next couple of months, but I think the town is somewhat generous. I probably would’ve posted the limit at about 50lbs, because that’s more or less all it takes to deform the road. A vehicle over six tons would probably never be seen again. Both Christine and I have all-wheel drive in our vehicles, and they’ve been getting a workout.
Today, it’s going to be even more fun, as the temperature is now right around freezing, and the road is covered by about six inches of snow, so you can’t see where the ruts are, but there’s a decent chance they’ll still be shifting underneath the snow.
Wheeeee!
