We were cautious on Thursday when Hick took me to my orthopedist appointment. He took an alternate route to avoid the low water bridge on the county blacktop road. We can tell by the height of our creek if that bridge will be underwater. We also took the alternate route on Monday when I had a follow-up appointment with my regular NP. The creek was probably down from the second batch of rain, but we figured there might be logs on the bridge.
Coming home, Hick took a chance, just to see if the bridge was clear for his trip back to town. We can always turn around at the top of the hill and take the alternate. It's just more time-consuming.
Anyhoo... the bridge itself was clear.
The creek had gone down. The county road crew had not yet been out to scrape all the dirt off the edge of the bridge. The other side has been cleaned off. Hick thinks the guy who lives at the first house over there sometimes does the dozing of debris. He's a contractor with heavy equipment.
You can see that traffic has been crossing. Most likely the first few were in pickup trucks anyway, with 4WD, in case they got stuck. This smashed ruts in the sandy soil for others to pass.
A-Cad has AWD, and had no problems easing through the dirt. I took the alternate later. T-Hoe would have no problems, but I prefer a less bumpy ride.
That dirt must have been pretty deep for the first couple of vehicles to pass.
Tuesday, Hick reported that the dirt had been cleared. Indeed, it was piled on the side, and a guy with a truck and trailer was shoveling some for personal use. The road had been skinned of the last two layers of blacktop. Flood water is a powerful force! T-Hoe climbed the "steps" from the bridge to road just fine.
We have a blacktop patch now that makes it pretty smooth. Until the next big rain.
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