Yesterday’s post took us to Cabin Cove, a mile below Silver City, where the backhoe was waiting for Road Guy to continue making the road passable, and mark the narrow parts. The Farmer followed in his pickup, with a rake, traffic cones, and various other necessary items. It is far too dangerous for someone to work there alone, and the Farmer willingly took several days off work to volunteer along with Road Guy.
Let’s admire the skillful handling of this massive yellow machine by our hero, Road Guy.
The Cabin Cove sign lost its hook.
Sometimes the only way to unclog a culvert is with rakes and shovels.
There is a cabin in Cabin Cove named “House of Falling Water”. It was many years before I understood the name, but this year there is no confusion whatsoever.
Thank you, Farmer, for being Road Guy’s ground crew.
Finally, lunchtime.
For some reason, Road Guy turned the backhoe around in front of the Silver City Store.
Hiking Buddy and I left the guys here and headed down. On Monday you can ride down with us.
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Thank you Mike & Jana & friends for the work and updates ??
Hey, Anonymous, you are most welcome!!
Wow, great report, great work, and so well illustrated. How fortunate our community (and the general public) is to have such highly skilled, hard working, super generous volunteers carrying out these public works. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, Laurie! I am just the scribe, and a witness to the difficult labors of the volunteers, ultimately a beneficiary.
More fun photos, and much progress. Is Silver City as far as they went? I can’t imagine Road Guy wouldn’t want to punch all the way to road’s end.
Sad that we have to wait until Monday for Part 3. But we appreciate the pictorial + text essay.
P.S. SEKI was supposed to do a road assessment yesterday. I wonder what their presser will report (due today or over the weekend, they say).
Sharon, OF COURSE his goal was to punch through to the end. But an unpaid 8 hour day on a terrible road in a noisy machine at an intense level of concentration only takes one so many miles a day.
We look forward to hearing the Park’s assessment of the road. Our guess is that they will say it is unsafe for motor vehicles, to which we reply, “And when was it ever ‘safe’?”
Just sent a memo to all cabin owners, but not from SEKI. They did do a road assessment yesterday, but my guess is that any presser they send out will be written with the general public in mind. In other words, “Don’t even think about trying it this year.” We’ll see.
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