April 14, 2013

Paving our road

One morning we heard an unusual sound of machinery working outside our gate, so Michael opened the door to look.  They had begun digging up the road in order to "pave" it with paving stones.  Surprise!  We had to pull our car out, as well as our neighbor's car, before they trapped us in. 

They say this will be a two-month process, since it takes them a while to lay the stones then let the finished road sit and rest for at least a month or more before allowing traffic to drive on it.   So.... without warning, we were left without a safe parking space.  We parked down the road by a school for a couple of nights, but we soon heard that our neighbor's car was broken into the very first night on the street.  They broke a window and stole her stereo and battery.  Wow.

So now we are parking INSIDE the school grounds, thanks to the kind offer by the owner of the school.  Their guard opens and closes their gate when we want to come or go.
 Amazingly, the workers got right to work on the paving stones.
All of us like to watch as large trucks bring more paving stones.