Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Hurray for infrastructure projects

(Big exhale)


I’m back on the road. Back to my normal life. My vagabond life. And it feels a little weird to have a totally open agenda. No appointments, no routine, no one with whom I must mesh my existence. I don’t need to hurry back from a short trip to help anyone out. I’m gone for good — well, except for a brief return to clear out Lou’s shop and sell his truck.


(Big exhale again)


So… Yesterday I got as far as Ironwood Forest National Monument outside Tucson. I’ve been there several times before but now something was different — other than my state of mind. The last couple of miles of road before the turnoff to a camping area had been utter crap. A layer of asphalt had been coming up in chunks. It was so bad people had been driving on the much smoother dirt shoulder. But now:


The new paving is a surprise since this is just a lightly traveled road out in the boonies, not some high-priority thoroughfare in town. Maybe it’s a sign for me. Or just a sign of public works working.

4 comments:

  1. Hopefully the fresh road is a sign of good things to cone.

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  2. Let's get that crew to do Kuhn/Dome Rock Road!
    So sorry about Al. I'm sure he will be missed a lot by you and all of his friends.

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  3. In the earlier years,that kind of improvement in my home state usually meant an onslaught of new campers with no idea about anything.

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  4. Yup. Easy access is a mixed blessing.
    Linda Sand

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