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Aug 05 2013

Speed Puddles

Puddles. I hope this is my nickname in my old age.

I was talking to a guest and he was going on about what a great area the Gorge is, how much he liked the cabins, how private and peaceful it was, and how great restaurants in Fayetteville were. And then he asked, “Why don’t you fix the road?”

I knew immediately what he was talking about. You see, we have a long driveway, not really a road so much. It’s not a great road. It is really not even a great driveway.

I would like to see a strip of grass down the middle making it more of a two-track from my childhood, but… fix it? No WAY! Those puddles are staying!

Cities and fancy resorts and gated communities— these kinds of places have speed bumps. We have Speed PUDDLES! Yep, speed puddles. Some call them chuck holes or potholes or any number of endearing terms, but to us, they are speed puddles.

Speed Puddles
They don’t have much affect on humans.
This one had a life of it’s own so we had to fill it in.
These are our style.
The straight away has lots of speed puddles to remind you to relax.

You see it is a one-lane gravel driveway, not a road. And if you are going too fast, you will miss something you don’t want to miss. I mean, you do want to miss the puddles, and you can work around them if you slow down enough. And you don’t want to miss all the cool things we have seen on the driveway.

Slow down, look around and relax. The mud will wash off.

Besides, they are a good weather gauge: if the puddles are dry we need rain. They have not been dry too much this year.

Come check out our speed puddles and slow down a little. You will like it.

Written by ocrwvdev · Categorized: About The Cabins · Tagged: cabin vacations, geoff, rental cabins, slow down, speed puddles, West Virginia

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239 Opossum Creek Retreat Rd
Lansing, WV 25862

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