Henry Raymond

Fairfax News => Current News & Events => Topic started by: Henry on May 27, 2008, 03:03:01 PM

Title: Those Pigeon Brothers Are Clever
Post by: Henry on May 27, 2008, 03:03:01 PM
About 30 years ago, when our oldest daughter got her license, I decided that our driveway was not safe to back out of, so she, Maryann and I all started driving across the lawn to the access road to Dad's meadow.  We decided it worked pretty good, so had George Rooney draw me in a couple loads of washed gravel from Johnson and that became our new exit driveway.  Over the years there have been a few more loads added and we all feel much safer driving out of our driveway.  The Pigeon Brothers had Chris Howard bring up some more crushed stone when I added the new garage back a few years ago, however, each spring the ruts got a little deeper.  Today, I saw Joey over at Mary Kay's with this little leveling tractor of some sort.  When I saw him grading her driveway so that Maryann will now be able to drive her wheel chair right up on the breezeway and into the house, I thought, "Boy, have I got a job for him."

(http://www.vtgrandpa.com/photos/albums/forum_photos/2008_05_27_014.sized.jpg)
Joey makes the first sweep down through and takes the hump out of the middle

(http://www.vtgrandpa.com/photos/albums/forum_photos/2008_05_27_015.sized.jpg)
Then backs up through for another sweep

(http://www.vtgrandpa.com/photos/albums/forum_photos/2008_05_27_016.sized.jpg)
After coming back down, for a third sweep, I now have a level driveway again