I took a drive today in the Bronco (aka: The Donkey, The Bulldozer, The Windowless Wonder) and ended up stopping by a buddies house. I wasn’t there for ten minutes before the rain started coming down. I hung out with him, his girl and their son for about an hour before I decided to brave the wet seats of the Bronco and head back to the house. I completely forgot that our windshield wipers stopped working during the last rain storm until they swept back and forth twice, then stopped forever (at least that is my guess).
It’s funny, you forget how important windshield wipers are in the tropics during dry season, then the rainy season hits and you say; “oh yeah, those things are important!”
It was really raining hard on the way home and I was driving slow…it was very difficult to see the road, I felt like I was wearing glasses that were the wrong prescription…so I decided to reach into my pocket and pull out my camera…go figure. At the end of the video you can see one of the trenches I dug to help divert the water away from the landing at the bottom of the hill. The ditch looked like a little stream and waterfall but our landing was still a giant pool of mud and silt. Oh well, at least it started to work.
Pretty cool video. When we were in Puerto Rico last year for our Honeymoon, it did rain, but not that much. Hope you soon get your wipers fixed soon.
Stefan,
I hope you fix your wipers soon too. Also, I hope the Rincon mayor comes through with doing asphalt on your driveway, I thought you were going to request that. Just make sure you say you are voting for him/her this year.
Best,
Hamilton
Hamilton
Our buddy (he was Puerto Rican) that was going to go down to the Mayors office with us took off to New York for the summer season. We are on our own now. It is a little more intimidating going down there by ourselves, but we’ll let you know how it goes!
Stefan
Stefan,
I still would encourage you to go to the Mayor’s office by yourself and perhaps take pictures of the mud pool and the hill when it rains. You may have to build your case a little. Try explaining how the price of concrete has gone up so much that for you it will be prohibitive and you still have to deal with a potential safety hazard. My dad had a similar problem and in his case they said that because of his income (he is retired) they couldn’t do it all for free. He ended just paying for the labor, but the asphalt was provided for free. I know that perhaps asphalt is not what you really would like for the driveway, but it may solve your problem in the meantime.
Best of luck!
Hamilton