a few pics of the road and the mud

If you stand at my gate and look to the right this is what you see. This used to be the primary means of getting to the house by car but as you can see that it is no longer passable. Besides the piles of sand and gravel, there is an unfinished drainage ditch at the end of the street that your car would need to sprout wings to get over.











If you look straight across from my gate (and just a tad to the left) you will see this "street". The gutter was dug and left and now the dirt and sand is eroding the entire road with every storm. That gaping hole in the middle was created from the storm last night.

fyi - just to the left behind the white vehicle you can see a small store. That is where I can quickly go to get last minute items for cooking like eggs or baking soda. Very convenient.








This is the inside of the garage. It got the worst damage at the house. The poor lawnmower may never recover. And if you can see the washing machine at the back right, you might be able to see the water line about 6 inches from the bottom. No wonder it poured into the house!




This picture got out of order but oh well. If you look left from my gate this is the third and final way to drive a car out. We used to just have to dodge the mud and ruts but now they have started to work on the gutters at the end of the road on the right and have put the cement mixer right there in the middle. Thank you very much. There is just enough room to squeeze by on the left - that is of course unless they have parked their construction truck there:) I do believe that after driving here and navigating just trying to get to my house in Mag's car that I really am ready for NASCAR!

Last night when Mags and I went out to "explore" after the rain stopped we saw that this whole road was completely under water. Fortunately there is a drain into the gutter on our side of the road and it really went down over night. I might be able to go off-roading when I leave the house today:)

This is on the side of the house. You can see the whole walk way and driveway almost up to the gate are covered in mud. At the very edge by the gate are white pavers - that is how the whole thing should look. Oh well. It will get back to that sooner or later.

All in all the damage is minimal and nothing compared to what others are suffering around the world after typhoons and earthquakes!