Less Traveled Roads

I haven't been out and about lately, and thought it might be fun to talk about some of the roads out there that are much less traveled. Not the ones that lead to cool, but out of the way places; these roads lead to people's homes and farms. Here in Northeast Oklahoma it's not hard to find a dirt road. They seem to be about everywhere I look, and they all lead somewhere. One leads to my dad's house, where I live now.

Lately, with all the rain we've been having, my son and I have been taking the truck mud bogging. There isn't really a lot of choice. Oklahoma has what they call "low water bridges". They consist of concrete slabs poured across a section of a stream. The stream flows over the slab, and you get to drive through the water. If you're like my son, with a slightly devious side, you suddenly gun the engine so you can see how far the water will spray up the sides of the truck; especially if your mom or sister have their elbow hanging out the window.

There are roads that we have to be careful of and not drive across until after the water has gone down quite a bit. It may not look like a lot of water going across the road, however, if you look at those areas during dry weather and see how far down that creek bed really is, you'd definitely think twice about chancing one.

One benefit of all this water where I live is not having to worry about watering any type of fall garden. I have a mum and a small pansy that I've been trying for some time to get planted in the ground. The water just hasn't cooperated with me in getting the flower bed revamped before I plant them. They seem to be very happy in their pots, though. I have them sitting on a lawn table and haven't really touched them. With the rain they stay watered, and Northeast Oklahoma's temperate fall weather there's little worry of a hard frost.

Being virtually homebound has been very hard on my gypsy spirit, but I wait for better weather and the funds to continue my travels. And, console myself with the my son's mud bogging in the four wheel drive.