Mud Season

When dirt roads become an adventure

Try this week’s jigsaw puzzle: https://jigex.com/B6n2v

Dirt roads are everywhere hereabouts. We had a preview this week of the big mud to come.

Imagine how it was in the 1920s, when fewer than 10% of Vermont roads were paved.

Many farmers simply stayed home and worked making maple sugar, mostly, not syrup.

Even today in Vermont, most towns have many more miles of dirt roads than paved roads.

A few nearby towns illustrate the point:

Norwich — Total mileage: 113 | Dirt mileage: 63
Strafford — Total mileage: 80 | Dirt mileage: 66
Thetford — Total mileage: 99 | Dirt mileage: 52

But then there are exceptions:

Hartford — Total mileage: 159 | Dirt mileage: 43 (it’s practically “urban”)

Look up other Vermont towns:
https://vtransmaps.vermont.gov/Maps/Publications/Surface_byCountyTown.pdf

If you think your road is bad, consider:

Happy traveling,

Cameron Cross
The Curioustorian