I got yesterday`s chores done in the rain, went for a load of fuel last night. Should be able to get some stuff done today. Light rain off and on is predicted. Got a big rut in the road that was caused by the run off water. the road coming in needs to be redone with drainage in mind. Seems every year someone springs for it to be scraped with a box scraper but it`s down to rock in many places, It needs to be built up and have some ditches and drain pipes put in , new gravel would also be nice. The county doesn`t work on this dirt road. Part at the top is Forest Service road, much better road ,but they don`t do much but keep the brush back on the sides and it also needs some work. I asked the Forest Service about when they could do some work on a part that gets 2 ft. of water in a puddle and they said no money for it. They did say I could fix it if I wanted to , they hunt around here and it would be welcome to them. The problem with growers is they don`t want the road fixed up too much because it would increase traffic. Most people, including LEO don`t want to take there nice 4x4`s down this road and get the paint scratched up and mud in the finders. HWY Patrol won`t come out here, even when they were called about a broke down bashed up stolen vehicle that was blocking the road a few years back. I had to find the owner and AAA came out and picked it up. I get worried about being able to get out if there was a fire in the summer! Emergency vehicles would be blocking the road, there isn`t any place for them to get off the road or turn around in most places. Soon as I can get the road into my pad I need to think about getting the other land owners together and seeing if we can do something about the road . It needs to be done right, not just keep scraping it every year or so!