The Shortcut Home

According to our friend Larry, it’s always a good idea to check if there are tire tracks on the road less travelled… sometimes there is a good reason that you have the road to yourself!

Take Friday for example! We were on a shortcut in a remote area when we found the reason!  There was a bit of a gap on the roadway…. only about 10 feet wide and 4 feet deep but enough to slow us down!

Backtracking was an option but it was not our choice. There was a ‘guy gang’ with hand tools attacking the cave-in…… not that they could possibly repair the hole any time soon but they were anxious to help us. 

We analyzed the best was forward.  The trail going of to our right seemed like a good start. Then it was a left turn through the bush .. then the challenging bit …  how to get down the bank. This is where the work crew came in -  they threw their energy into digging a ramp and throwing rocks in the ditch.  

 Through Ron’s  masterful aiming, the Hilux slid down the bank and onto the road “on the other side” …  no problem. Some cash for the workers was in order. Larry had them all laughing by offering to divide the bills by the rip and tear method.  We left them to decide how to share the bounty.

 $9 well spent!