4:11 pm - 43 degrees - overcast...
When it comes to maintaining
our personal driveway and the main driveway, there are three main objectives –
control the flow of water around the road, remove obstacles, and fill in the holes/ruts.
Water in any of its numerous
forms – snow, ice, sleet, rain – is our number one enemy when it comes to
maintaining the driveway. Water run-off
will always take the line of least resistance and when the ditches are full of
debris, that usually means the water is running down the middle or across the
driveway somehow. Also, any low spots
that collect water will also collect snow and freeze causing bad slick spots
during the winter.
So Tony has been in the
excavator all day clearing the ditches out along the main driveway. He’s hoping to get all the ditches done and a
fresh layer of rock on before the weather turns on Thursday (weather reports
are calling for snow!).
He’s trying to prevent washouts
that seem to happen every year due to heavy rain and snow melt. Hopefully this year we won’t have to deal
with any of this...
