Gravel Road, Part 2
Well, the road was finally paved. Our theory became that they were trying to raise the revenues to finish paving it by posting ever-changing “No Parking” signs and then enforcing them fiercely but sporadically. We came home late one evening to see a new “No Parking” sign, going into effect at 8 AM the following morning. Since Caleb often leaves the house shortly after 8 on days that I work, he figured he’d just leave with Simona at his usual time. At about 8:02, however, a neighbor sent her daughter over to warn Caleb that they were ticketing and towing. Caleb ran out the door with no shoes on, leaving the six year old neighbor to watch Simona while he moved the car.
All that, and still no paved road at the end of the day. But boy, did the DC government make a pretty penny off the ticketed and towed cars!
We left for Thanksgiving on Tuesday, November 20, relieved to be driving to Georgia, since flying would have meant finding somewhere else to leave the car for five days. We spent a good bit of time during the drive debating whether or not the street would be repaved upon our return. We agreed to go with “probably not.” (We also spent much of that time in equally stimulating conversation, playing “Name That Team!” in which Caleb named random college sports conferences no one’s ever heard of, like the Big Sky Conference, and I got to guess the teams that belong. I know- how much more fun can one have on a 10.5 hour car trip?!)
Anyway, Thanksgiving itself was quite a lot of fun. And, upon our return, we were stunned to find a smooth, nicely paved road. Until we got about two-thirds of the way down the block, only to find that one side of the last third of the street was STILL not paved. How they managed to NOT finish that section I cannot explain. Out came one more round of “No Parking” signs, and, on Monday, November 26 (more than one month after our one-block section of this road was first touched), our street officially went from being likely the worst in the District to being likely the best. Come on by for a visit to check it out yourself!
[And I will be posting new pictures of November and early December soon- I promise!]
