Funny thing - sonuds like the sugarers were concerned the ground was TOO 
frozen because lack of insulating snowfall.  Combine that with a sudden 40-
50 degree warmup last week after single digit lows....Had a frozen culvert 
situation next door from me on Friday night requiring all kinds of 
improvised ice chipping/clearing tools to help neighbors.  Saturday 
night's ruts became formidable pre-grading.  This week has been 
treacherous with many neighbors parking at the end of the road and walking 
in.  It ain't pretty.  But it is snowing now.  Waitsfield road crew had 
been pretty quick to grade refrozen ruts as best they can.

BTW - Watch out for law enforcement on Rt 100/100B split.




On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:40:55 -0500, T O S <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>The ground never froze this year, like it does most years.
>Unfrozen ground doesn't repel water like it's frozen counterpart.
>I think we are in for the worst mud season we have seen in a long time.
>Unless we have a dry spring, it is going to be ugly.   Already it is
>looking pretty bad.
>
>I live on a dirt road, but it is a short road that connects to a paved
>road.   In 88, when my wife was pregnant, we lived six miles from a
>paved road.   We had a bad mud season that year.  Ever since then, my wife
>has had a thing against dirt roads.   She hates them.   She can barely
>tollerate them when they are frozen and flat.   We won't be taking
>any dirt roads any time soon.
>
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