Post by dejibo on Mar 25, 2009 7:29:50 GMT -5
How do you know when spring has truly arrived on Lake Shore Drive?
We have a old dead end street that runs behind the house. In many decades gone by, this used to be a lake side campground, and that old trail used to run to the lake house cottages. Since then, a beautiful road has gone in the front side, and yet, many locals refuse to give up the right to run across that back trail. It only skirts a tiny corner of my back yard, but travels from a very beat up old street, and eventually leads to the nice new street. it is NOT plowed all winter, and we like it that way. Since its officially a dead end street, and no maintenance is done, its in bad shape. the snow plows make HUGE humps of snow on both ends of it during the course of the winter, and we dread when folks figure out how to get past it. They seem to think its "fun". The dead end street is called headlands, and no longer meets lake shore, but folks try. here is what happened.
All winter long, folks run up headlands, and reach the right of way...stop...think about it...decide to turn around in the lil cottage lot, go back the way they came. As spring approaches we all know some dumb bunny is gonna try to ram their way through to Lake Shore. Last year some car was stuck in the middle for days. Today, an older Ford Bronco, runs up to the snow hump. thinks about it. He and his buddy get out, and look. They get back in, and ...gun it! zip sideways through the right of way, sliding through towards lake shore. never slow down, and when they reach Lake shore, try to take a sharp turn to the left to be on their way. HA! The truck goes nose first, and SLAMS the grill, and bumper into the pavement. There is about a 4 to 5 foot ramp of snow there, more like a cliff. The front tires are now hung on the edge of the pavement, and the back axle is hung up in the air on the 4 foot snow bank. rrrrrrr.....rrrrrr....rrrrr wheels spining, smoke rising, and finally both guys get out, and look. oil leaking, one decides to pull on the front bumper, while the other one guns it, driving towards his buddy. We cringed, we thought for sure he would run him over. He finally lets go, and walks around to push from the back end. rrrrr....rrrrr...rrrr nothing. They both get out, and start hand digging out the back axel, and trying to make a path for the front tire to have something to catch on. They grab shrubs, bushes, dry branches, and stuff to shove under the tires. rrrrr....rrrrr....rrrrr, this goes on for about 30 minutes. passenger gets out again, pulling on the front bumper, while the driver guns it. The truck lunges off the snow bank, and SLAMS down onto the pavement, just missing the passenger who was pulling on the bumper, by a hair. I dont know how he wasnt run over. They get out, climb over the truck, and look under it, cussing, and spitting, and kicking the pavement. rednecks get back in their truck, and wobble down the street, with a clearly busted truck. All it takes is ONE to open the right of way, now you know many more will see the tire tracks and follow them on through. Spring is truly here, cause the rednecks are out, and looking to tear stuff up.
Thats the report from the back woods of NH. That is how we truly gauge when spring has begun on this street.
We have a old dead end street that runs behind the house. In many decades gone by, this used to be a lake side campground, and that old trail used to run to the lake house cottages. Since then, a beautiful road has gone in the front side, and yet, many locals refuse to give up the right to run across that back trail. It only skirts a tiny corner of my back yard, but travels from a very beat up old street, and eventually leads to the nice new street. it is NOT plowed all winter, and we like it that way. Since its officially a dead end street, and no maintenance is done, its in bad shape. the snow plows make HUGE humps of snow on both ends of it during the course of the winter, and we dread when folks figure out how to get past it. They seem to think its "fun". The dead end street is called headlands, and no longer meets lake shore, but folks try. here is what happened.
All winter long, folks run up headlands, and reach the right of way...stop...think about it...decide to turn around in the lil cottage lot, go back the way they came. As spring approaches we all know some dumb bunny is gonna try to ram their way through to Lake Shore. Last year some car was stuck in the middle for days. Today, an older Ford Bronco, runs up to the snow hump. thinks about it. He and his buddy get out, and look. They get back in, and ...gun it! zip sideways through the right of way, sliding through towards lake shore. never slow down, and when they reach Lake shore, try to take a sharp turn to the left to be on their way. HA! The truck goes nose first, and SLAMS the grill, and bumper into the pavement. There is about a 4 to 5 foot ramp of snow there, more like a cliff. The front tires are now hung on the edge of the pavement, and the back axle is hung up in the air on the 4 foot snow bank. rrrrrrr.....rrrrrr....rrrrr wheels spining, smoke rising, and finally both guys get out, and look. oil leaking, one decides to pull on the front bumper, while the other one guns it, driving towards his buddy. We cringed, we thought for sure he would run him over. He finally lets go, and walks around to push from the back end. rrrrr....rrrrr...rrrr nothing. They both get out, and start hand digging out the back axel, and trying to make a path for the front tire to have something to catch on. They grab shrubs, bushes, dry branches, and stuff to shove under the tires. rrrrr....rrrrr....rrrrr, this goes on for about 30 minutes. passenger gets out again, pulling on the front bumper, while the driver guns it. The truck lunges off the snow bank, and SLAMS down onto the pavement, just missing the passenger who was pulling on the bumper, by a hair. I dont know how he wasnt run over. They get out, climb over the truck, and look under it, cussing, and spitting, and kicking the pavement. rednecks get back in their truck, and wobble down the street, with a clearly busted truck. All it takes is ONE to open the right of way, now you know many more will see the tire tracks and follow them on through. Spring is truly here, cause the rednecks are out, and looking to tear stuff up.
Thats the report from the back woods of NH. That is how we truly gauge when spring has begun on this street.
