“We Love Paving” Follow Up
An update on the horrific experience with “We Love Paving”.
Tag: Driveway
More Signs to See
Last August a friend surprised us with something he found on eBay. It was a sign of true epicness. We knew where we wanted to…
We abhor “We Love Paving”
And here’s an unscheduled/bonus post detailing why… Every few years we need to reseal our long-ass driveway. Since I’m in the middle of plotting how…
The Grading Is In
With all the work we’ve done in the last few years, the front section of the “RV pad” had taken a bit of a beating.…
Resealing
While busy cleaning up the debris in July of last year, the driveway got resealed. This was a free one-off by the folks who paved…
Mystery Plaque
In the category of strange and unusual findings at Purgatory, this little plaque was once affixed to one of the lights that ring the driveway.…
Spoils of Purgatory
When we had the driveway repaved last winter, we decided to retain the rubble from the old driveway (commonly referred to as spoils). We ended…
The Tale of the Driveway Repaving, Part 3 of 3
In mid-February we were able to start putting down asphalt finally. The crew started in the courtyard and had it done quite quickly. By noon that…
The Tale of the Driveway Repaving, Part 2 of 3
So there we were, without water and with a dirt driveway. The crew returned with an excavator the next day and got busy. They dug…
The Tale of the Driveway Repaving, Part 1 of 3
After the Great Wall was completed, we turned our attention to the driveway. Having multiple large trucks running down it had pretty much trashed it.…
Paving Snags
It’s been a busy week at Purgatory, as a driveway repaving project has also become a let’s-replace-the-main-water-line-to-the-house project. This is currently day 2 without water,…
Neighbors up here…
Living on the outskirts of civilization means we have neighbors with large animals–cows, goats, sheep, llamas, the asthmatic donkey and, of course, horses. Last night,…
The long week has begun
Last night I spent my first night at Purgatory. Yesterday morning we loaded up Barbie (the Ford F150) and Agent Smith drove her down to Sunnyvale.…
Progress Update
I’ve posted some new videos I took last week up on our Photo Stream.* The first is the main gate walking to the house yard and…
Driveway of cracks
Our driveway is slated to be repaired and resealed Monday and Tuesday of next week. Today when I was at the property, I took some pictures…
Work Continues
It’s been a very busy week. On Saturday, Agent Smith took a load of stuff down and met with the Wall Guy again to talk scope…