Pot Hole Breeding Season in Michigan

[ruralgirl]

Our dirt roads are now In Rut while their pot holes lustfully multiply unchecked until the county graders resurface from hibernation next Spring. So, alas, after one last valiant, land-mine-dodging trek to the nearest pavement for our final (freezing) 2016 ryde, my beloved road warrior, Spyke, has settled into her den with a tummy full of premium petrol and a nightcap of Stabil. She reluctantly passes the baton to her stablemate, Polly the Polaris, who chomps at the bit to bulldoze her mistress over, under, and through terrain that Spyke can only shudder to imagine. Sleep well, my princess. Don't fight the battery tender which tethers your wings to the earth. We shall fly again someday.

[Trbayth]

Your county repaves roads in the Spring? I'm jealous. Here they wait until the Fall to repave. That way the roads are good maybe a couple of months before the salt and trucks start to destroy them again.

There are some days I really hate the Northeast.

[Chupaca]

Here they will repair the roads to the beaches in the summer and the roads to the mountains in the winter . .

[ruralgirl]

Your county repaves roads in the Spring? I'm jealous. Here they wait until the Fall to repave. That way the roads are good maybe a couple of months before the salt and trucks start to destroy them again.

There are some days I really hate the Northeast.

No repavement, they just grade the dirt/gravel roads. I live on and am surrounded by non pavement.

[fjray]

The county owns my dirt road but they don't do any maintenance. It's up to the property owners

[SpyderAnn01]

I sure don't miss the potholes and frost heaves of Michigan.

[ARtraveler]

Our dirt roads are now In Rut while their pot holes lustfully multiply unchecked until the county graders resurface from hibernation next Spring. So, alas, after one last valiant, land-mine-dodging trek to the nearest pavement for our final (freezing) 2016 ryde, my beloved road warrior, Spyke, has settled into her den with a tummy full of premium petrol and a nightcap of Stabil. She reluctantly passes the baton to her stablemate, Polly the Polaris, who chomps at the bit to bulldoze her mistress over, under, and through terrain that Spyke can only shudder to imagine. Sleep well, my princess. Don't fight the battery tender which tethers your wings to the earth. We shall fly again someday.

Well stated.

[Buckeye Bleau]

During my travels for vocational expeditions, I was always amazed by the number of unpaved roads in Michigan. Most people would not understand your comments, but I can appreciate it.

Joe

[Bob Denman]

"Pot-hole BREEDING Season"?

That has got to be an ugly sight!

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Wouldn't they want a little privacy, for that sort of thing?

[Machinegunner]

I thought snow and ice was Mother Natures way of filling the pot holes. Generally works until spring around here.

[SPECTACUALR SPIDERMAN]

we need more potholes here, i need the money.

[ruralgirl]

"Pot-hole BREEDING Season"?

That has got to be an ugly sight!

Wouldn't they want a little privacy, for that sort of thing?

They've got all night. With just about zero traffic.

[Bob Denman]

As the song goes:
"The nighttime; is the right time..."

[ruralgirl]

During my travels for vocational expeditions, I was always amazed by the number of unpaved roads in Michigan. Most people would not understand your comments, but I can appreciate it.

Joe

I was amazed too, when we first moved here from upstate NY which had plenty of unpaved roads, but they were made of shale, which could be highly unstable on the hills as it crumbled beneath you, and ultimately very irregular in surface contour . I was thrilled at the dirt roads around here because they're far superior for horsebacking, despite the occasional top dressing of gravel which makes it miserable for the first year until it packs into the dirt, and forever after unpleasant for a week or so following each grading.

[ruralgirl]

As the song goes:
"The nighttime; is the right time..."

Yup, you got it!

[ruralgirl]

The county owns my dirt road but they don't do any maintenance. It's up to the property owners

That's weird! Wow.

[Bob Denman]

Yup, you got it!

You absolutely made me go get the song...

[ruralgirl]

You absolutely made me go get the song...

Ahhh, I was actually thinking of this one (one of my faves from my younger days):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa4n...a4nRJCEz28#t=0

[Bob Denman]

A favorite slow-dancing song of mine: Thanks for reminding me of how great it STILL sounds!

[ruralgirl]

A favorite slow-dancing song of mine: Thanks for reminding me of how great it STILL sounds!

They don't make music like they used to! I sound SO old saying this, but most of today's "music" is just frenzied noise to me, and who can tell if they've got a good voice or good lyrics when they're drowned out with backup singers and instrumentals?

[Bob Denman]