A New Gravel Lane at Pure Water Pastures

There was a grass/mud hill leading down from the barn and highway to the field at Pure Water Pastures.  It was a fine path that we could use until we came into a wet season when the road tended to hold water and got mired up to the point that we could not use it even in four-wheel drive. 

It cost us some money to fix it, but I think it will be a good investment for the future, as we plan on making use of that property more and more in the years to come.  On January 21st we had a bull dozer come smooth out the mud, make a better drainage ditch, and spread out some new gravel.

 Some "before" pictures.

The bull dozer.

The gravel.

 The new gravel lane.

 Simon and Christina watched from a spot on the hill.

I love the slogan of the company we hired.  They have this on all of their trucks.

I may get some more gravel for this lane in the future as it is a bit thinner than I wanted and did not go quite as far as I had hoped.  As it is, we have already used 60 ton of gravel for this project!  And the price has gone up since the last time I got gravel for Pure Water Hollow.  When we had 75 ton delivered to our home in 2008 it was $17/ ton.  Now it costs $23/ton.  The bull dozer has gone up from $60/hour to $65/hour which wasn't too bad of an increase.  Both times we used four hours of dozer time.

So, to count up the cost, we got $1380 worth of gravel, $260 worth of dozer, and I also hired a roller to come out to pack the gravel down for another $160.  Total bill: an even $1800.  This was much more than I wanted to spend, but we are thankful to God for blessing us with the resources to be able to do such a project!  To Him be the glory! 

And, as our gravel company reminds us, Jesus Saves!