Rain, Mud and East Texas Engineering

The heavy rain that was so uncharacteristic of Texas last year seems to be continuing.  We have had only a couple of dry days, and little sunshine, in the week that we have been here.  The rest have been rainy, drizzly, or foggy.  Seems that we have a stationary warm front in East Texas.

The result is mud.  We expected that at the home building site, but we also have mud in the driveway at the mobile home where we are staying.  The surface is solid, but there is a thin layer of mud on top that tracks into vehicles and the house.

We took the RV in for a safety inspection this morning, and we stirred up a mud hole getting in and out of the parking spot.  We looked at buying a load of gravel, but that would cost over $400, and we are told that it would simply sink into the mud anyway if we lay it down before the ground dries.  So we took the East Texas engineering approach and laid down scrap plywood from our building site to support RV wheels.  Looks bad, but its is only temporary.