Well for the past 3 months, people have been sliding off of the road in front of our house, almost running into our wall. After each rain, we get to listen to motor revving up while tires spin and vehicles become stuck in the mud. On several occasions, Kendall and I have slid badly on the road and found it hard to gain control even using 4X4.
One afternoon, I couldn't turn the truck enough to get it in our gate because of the black slippery mud outside our gate. So, we decided to get 2 truck loads of rocks and fill the very large holes and slippery places in our road. Our neighbors are now saying, "this mzungu (white man) is good, he fixed the road!"....NICE!!! We love our road now and it is not scary to drive after the rain!
Kendall and Tembo move the rocks with a wheel barrow.
You can't tell from this picture but this is the gate across from ours and that mud is VERY slippery, even to walk on or ride a bike.
This is the turn onto our road. You cannot make this turn easily in the rain, you have to creep through in order not to slide, but you have to go fast enough not to get stuck either! This was DRY compared to what it is in the rains.
See all the skid marks...we haven't fixed this part but it runs along the east side of our wall. This picture was taken after almost 2 days of no rain.
This is the front of our house...those ruts were put there by 2 cars who slid off the road. God truly has angels protecting this wall!
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