I have been a little bit absent from blogging this past week because of work. We have switched back to summer schedule, so we are working Monday to Thursday and ten hour days. This week has been springy for us, so this is the scene.
![IMG_20180422_142227.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUQopYeKUfsAamj8Vb8uxAG8coAupZwyCDRUAJAtEXEN4/IMG_20180422_142227.jpg)

This isn't the worst of it, but I don't always think to take photos. I'll post a few though.
![IMG_20180423_090506.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmVYhBJXZM9Jea2PP5jueFgcjimsnq2oBuW2yi7znbHxaV/IMG_20180423_090506.jpg)
(Ditch your driveway, or Mother Nature will ditch it for you.)

There was one spot that I got to and I took a video, because the level was rising much faster than the culverts could drain it. Not long after, the whole road washed away and it was a couple of days hauling gravel back in to get it built up again.
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There was also a spot that slid at the top of a hill last year and it took out a chunk of highway that I was a little concerned about, but so far it has only slid a couple of feet this spring. I decided to walk out to the edge of the cliff and take a shot to better see the scope of it all.
![slide01.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmcXTHyQGMnC9yDwCKZdLsuV6cWYCLCEnYC3TCbPLhfaVH/slide01.jpg)
(It's probably 200+ feet from where I'm standing to the bottom.)

This photo is looking back up to the top road that keeps moving.
![slide02.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQma8H2rnkvkxgurxErPct882RSW63dw4T8gUZwTkMfs3C7/slide02.jpg)
(You can sort of see the sliding area. It goes right through the broken apart flume we installed last fall.)

Seeing all of this each spring makes it clearer and clearer what @canadianrenegade posted about a few weeks ago.

Map out your property and where the water goes.
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It may not seem like a big deal, but that washed out driveway above took out thousands of dollars worth of gravel and washed it down the road into a pile of boulders. Not a lick of sand left in it. Now they can add the thousands to the thousands it's going to cost to haul more in at $175/hour. Not including the groundwork and traffic control as it's on the side of a highway.

This is going to be a big deal for us as we start looking for property to settle on for good.

Anyhow, the weather is finally nice and I have the weekend off, so I'm going to clean up the yard and get some prepping done before winter comes back.

Take care and thanks for checking us out.