We live on Hardscrabble Road. And believe me, they didn't name this road without reason. It's hardscrabble livin'! The soils are rocky and loamy up here on the hill but with somewhat poor drainage. What basically Mother Nature wants to grow is trees. Our road was paved a few years back and the town put in large and deep ditches on either side to collect the excess water from runoff-after all we are on a hill with lots of brooks coming from every direction. Every so often I see cars off the road in one of those ditches like this summer-and come to think of it, lots in the winter after snow covers the ditch and folks don't remember exactly where it is....... I was heading off the hill to the hardware store and spotted an SUV flipped on its side in one said ditch! Then on Fri afternoon going down to do evening feeding chores, lo and behold, I could not believe my eyes! A school bus in the ditch.
Luckily there were about 4-5 teens on the bus and no one was hurt. I quickly drove up and saw one of our friends' sons standing there. I offered to give him a ride home and he said his mom was on the way. Don't forget the odd times we live in-every single kid was on his/her cell or texting away! They were all sort of chuckling. So later after chores, I heard the rumble up the asphalt of the wrecker (country speak for tow truck) and ran to voyeur that one! This was the biggest wrecker you have ever seen. It took about an hour for them to suck the bus out of the ditch.
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