Fixing the Muddy Parts Of the Road Before It Rains Again

Sunday February 9, 2025 Guerneville CA.

Road work

I still have a little more work to do on the old dirt road to get ready for the next rain storm which is coming in soon. During the last rain storms, about six springs popped out along the road for about a hundred yards or so which made the road a muddy mess as there were no ditches in the road to take away the water and to keep it from running down the road.

I stopped here on the way up with  my side by side to check things out and to see what I needed to do today to fix this problem.water1

Goat Lady

While I was there, the Goat lady came by in her truck so we shot the bull for a bit. She was on  her way to get some more feed for her goats. I think she has about two hundred goats.truck2

I continued on up the hill to where my equipment was parked and warmed up Skiddy and got to work on the road, mostly hauling rock to put on the muddy part of the road.rigs1

I put some rock on this part of the road. It will need a bit more rock to get it just right.roadditch5

I also cut another ditch across the road in the worst spring that popped up so it would cross the road. That took quite awhile to get the ditch just right.

I worked all day on that and quit around four to  head on home.

Shovel work

But on the way home, I stopped here to help the water get across the road in this spot with my shovel. I’ll put more rock on this part of the road tomorrow which should fix it up nicely and be ready for the next rain.ditch4

This crossing isn’t so much a ditch as it is just sloped so the water runs across the road and off it when it rains a lot.water

I headed on home from there and got there just before dark.

Nice day.

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Rocking the Old Dirt Road Before the Next Rain Storm

Saturday February 8, 2025 Guerneville CA.

Road work

I needed to do some work on the old dirt road before the next rain storms hit in a few more days. I rode on up through the state park and got Skiddy going. The old road is pretty muddy from the recent rain storm, but most of the road has some rock on it and some places don’t have enough rock yet.road2

That all meant I was going to be hauling more rock most of the day. I got a load of rock from this rock slide.rock1

And hauled it about a half mile down to where it was needed on the road, going down here.road3

I worked on getting this water back in it’s ditches and then hauled a lot of rock to this area to cover up any muddy spots.ditch4

The water was running clear down to here, so I worked on getting more rock on this part of the road.road5

When I get enough rock on the road, it gets packed in and looks like this.rocked7

I got this part rocked in too. I think it will take another day  hauling rock to finish this part of the job to be ready for the next rain storm.rocked8

I got done about five and fueled up Skiddy to be ready to go tomorrow.fuel9

Nice day.

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