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What time did you say you were going to town? What do you mean you aren’t going to town? I thought you said you were! Let’s go at 10.
That’s an old Georgia trick. When I used to live at the old farmhouse, Georgia would come over and play me with that line. Next thing you know, I’d be taking her to town. Even though I never had any intention of going to town that day.
Maybe it will work on you. What time did you say you were going to town? How about NOW.
I’ll even let you drive.
Well, first you’ll have to walk down the driveway because nobody in their right mind has driven up it in weeks, although clearly you can see some insane person has been over here driving up it.
I can assure you that it wasn’t me. I keep my car right down here.
I mean, look at that. Aren’t you glad you didn’t have to drive down on that ice?
The road in front of our farm is fairly flat. This won’t be so bad, don’t worry! It’s even a nice winter day! The snow is melting. Mostly.
Say hello to the sheep and Jack!
After we leave our farm, we pass the Ornery Angel’s house. We’re the only people that live out on this end of the road. Here’s the track that goes up to my family’s old cemetery. My great-grandfather and great-grandmother are buried there.
There are the foundation remains of the old gasoline plant from over a century ago when this was a boomtown in the country. This used to be quite a populated little place with a school, a church, a store, even a hotel! People say there was even a brothel.
You don’t mind driving across creeks, do you?
You don’t have to cross this next creek, don’t worry. You just have to actually drive right along through it for a little way. The creek is the road here.
See? They do know what bridges are around here. There’s a little one.
You just have to drive through one more creek now.
There are a few cabins out here. I wonder why those people don’t come out here in the winter?
Time to go over the hill. You have your seatbelt on, don’t you? If I cover my eyes and start whimpering, don’t mind me. That’s the benefit of being a passenger.
You’re driving so you’d better keep your eyes on the road.
I don’t know why you insisted on going out today.
This really isn’t bad, though! You should see it when the entire road is covered in snow. Only half the road is covered today so you have good traction on one side. Just watch out for the steep drop-offs.
It’s better to hug the hill. Stay away from the cliff.
You don’t want to end up way down there.
Uh oh.
You can’t pass here. Somebody has to back up until there is a place to pull over. If you aren’t having fun yet driving forward on this road, wait till you get to drive backward.
Who has to back up depends on where you are on the road. Whoever is closest to a place to pull over has to back up. This time it was the Ornery Angel. (Who ELSE do you think we’d come across driving this road? Nobody drives on this road in the winter if they don’t live out here.)
Give her a wave. And there she goes.
This is one of the most beautiful drives in the world during the spring, summer, and fall.
It’s not half-bad in the winter if you don’t mind the steep drop-offs with no guard rails.
You’re getting used to that, though, aren’t you? You’re doing good!
Up here at the top of the hill is the closest place to our farm where you can get a cell phone signal, just in case you need to make a call.
You can’t believe we’ve only gone a mile, can you? We’ve got another mile to go.
There are a few more cabins. Do you see what’s in front of that cabin?
A guard rail!
Yes, I know, I know, the cabin owner must have put that up himself, not the state road people. It still cracks me up that with all the steep drop-offs up and down this road, the only guard rail is in front of a cabin.
This road is maintained by the state. Last time we called, they said they were planning to come out here sometime in 2012 to bring some more rock. They’re on the job!
You’re almost to the hard road now! There are a handful of houses up on this end of the road. This one is my favorite. It’s an old farmhouse.
Look! You made it! So was that the longest two miles of your life? That’s what everybody says the first time they drive on this road. Plus they ask if that was only two miles because it felt like twenty.
But you’re on Easy Street now! Hard road all the way!
Another two miles, and we’ll reach a two-lane state highway.
Two more miles, and you’ll be in the middle of our little no-stoplight town! There’s a little store, a little bank, a little school, and a little post office.
What do you want to do today? If you’re feeling frisky, we can get to the interstate in about 25 minutes. Another 20 minutes from there and we’ll be in THE BIG CITY! There’s shopping and restaurants and even an airport. The world is your oyster!
Just don’t forget…..
You gotta drive home and it’s snowing again….
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I would be screaming all the way!
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I think you better learn to ride Jack!
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I would have to hibernate til Spring!!!
~~HUGS~~
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I can’t imagine facing a road like that with snow and ice on it. More power to you, Suzanne!
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or at the very least your county needs to gravel it again…!
You do pay county taxes don’t you! How could an emergency county vehicle get to you…? I wonder!
We need ‘mean rooster’ to give them a crow or two!
Calling out the guard to hunt for your vehicle and you down in a ravene would be a lot more expensive than a truck of gravel!
We put out over 600 bucks for more gravel on our private driveway, last year.. expensive..but its over a quarter of a mile and treacherous in the snow…but when we get the county road….its paved!
Hang in there Suzanne!
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i thought our road was bad
i was very wrong!
yikes!
i like being a hermit though…so i would love a place like that
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I’m a hermit-type too, so no visitors or solicitors would definitely be a benefit for me, LOL!
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I would be a little nervous driving this lovely country road in dry weather! One thing I didn’t see was claw marks on the dash board and I can assure you, they would be there if I was the passenger! No chance of me being the driver…I’d rather WALK the several miles to hard road.
Be careful out there, Suzanne….don’t be gawking around if YOU are the driver!
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What beautiful scenery! Thanks for taking the time to share and how nice of you to drive Georgia to town. Your such a kind spirit~
Spring is just around the corner
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You need to put more faith in your 4wd. Perhaps you could go out somewhere where there are no drop-offs, cliffs, and creeks and just practice driving your 4wd in snow and ice so you learn what your truck will and will not do. I feel pretty confident with my 4wd jeep, but I do NOT have to drive on roads like those! So I would probably be singing a different tune if I had to.
Practice makes perfect, Suzanne!
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Your road reminds me of going to my uncles farm when I was a kid only his road was worse! I loved
going there too so I think I would have fun giving your road a try! 
Right now I have sand bags in the back of my truck to weight it down so the back end won’t slide. It won’t either! I’ve tried to get it to on the ice and it just won’t do it. In the Spring the sand bags will be put in my boys sand box! He can’t wait because he knows we already have his sand and he wants to play with it!
It took me 3 years to get the state to put a guard rail up a hill about a mile from my house!
I called a lot! 
They knew me by name and that is what you have to do in West Virginia! There were a good 3 times that I found a vehicle that had went over that hill trying to pass another car. I found one truck and I was scared that they were still in there. I honked my horn but heard nothing. I went to the first house to see if the person had went to their house to call for help and she said no! Then we both went back and was trying to figure out how to get down there to help someone and luckyily another house from there had seen us and came to tell us that they knew them and they had went to their house to call for help! On top of that the road at the bottom of the hill has a low water bridge and it was flooded! The trees actually kept that truck from going into the rushing waters!
The roads in West Virginia can be fun!
Angela
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I especially liked that little guardrail. The person who put that up didn’t care if you went over the brink, just don’t hit his house!! I love your posts of your road…..keep ‘em comin’ !!
Grace in CA
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I can’t imagine why they don’t put guard rails up over that steep edge! Has anyone ever slid over the side?
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Nice pics – can’t wait to get down there to see my dad in June
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xoxo
joni
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Love your blog!
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http://www.newriver.lib.fl.us/
I am curious, do you still live in the little slanted house. If not did you blog about your new house. Are there pictures? Anyway, I’m enjoying our daily visit even if you didn’t know I was there with Ms. Georgia.
Diane
The Library Lady
“Take surprise and delight in the little things”
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We’re getting our share of snow today. Big snowstorm with all the schools closed. It’s a winter wonderland outside. Hope the power stays on!
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We have pretty much the same “adventure” when we decide to venture out! With all our snow melting, it is very muddy! Then, we’ll have dust~! You can’t really tell what color our vehicle is!
What works for us: VERY aggresive tires!