Helping a Neighbor Repair their Road

Monday October 21, 2024 Guerneville CA.

Skiddy does some work

I told one of my neighbors I’d do some road repairs for them so I was off this morning headed up into the forest to get the repairs done on their road.

Fill that ditch

This ditch is collecting too much water and causing the road to erode on the roads that are beneath it. The fix is to fill in the ditch and out-slope the road a bit to drain the water off the road in more places than just where the ditch would dump it on the lower roads.

Ditch filled with dirt

I’ve mostly got the ditch filled up with dirt and rock. I had to get out to remove that big root as it was just a big bump for Skiddy.

Big roots

We have big trees, so we also have big roots to deal with when working in the  hills making repairs to roads. I throw it off the road.

Neighbors

My neighbors came by with their dog to check out the work and were completely satisfied with my fixes. They live up on the hilltop to the right and are walking back to their house.

Draining the flat

After I closed up that ditch, I moved to this big flat turn to improve the ditch in the middle of it so the water would drain better down the backside of the mountain to the right, instead of down on the roads beneath it  on the far side. No roads are affected below the right side so this should repair the  water drainage problem on the lower roads.

After fixing that flat, I parked here for a break and got ready to head on back home down the hill as it was after 5.

I take off and am heading for home down the hill to my place at the bottom of the hill about a half hour drive.

Nice day.