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That was at Monomoy Wildlife Refuge aka Chatham Ma weather station. The dog pulled her way down the path from the parking lot to the water. She seemed to have that smile all afternoon.

 

Happy birthday @Bluegrass Taco

 

Happy Birfday @Bluegrass Taco

 

Happy Birthday @Bluegrass Taco

 

New Orleans. @ Costco

 

I will be feeling your pain later this week and next week. I gotta go spend a week in west Texas.... Yah me...

 

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Weesa , soooo, any pics of the not bridge?

 

We're kinda getting ready to do the same thing. One road we're going to swap out the old culvert in a crossing and putting in culvert that is actually big enough to handle a big charge of water. Another road has a low water crossing that was never "armored". So we're going to have it poured in concrete. But, on both cases, there will be detours around the construction. I'll still get "GD'd" over it from the visitors but that just comes with the territory.

 

I thought you used backroads?

 

@MTgirl

Weesa , are you near Manhattan Montana ??? , that area has been seeing a good sized swarm of earthquakes over the last 24hrs

 

The Davidson River wiped out the bridge into the Brevard Fish Hatchery in Pisgah National Forest when I was there. They brought in several government agencies including the Civilian Conversation Corps (yes they still exist) and did it right this time.



Bridge isn't going anywhere now.

Surprised me it wasn't that way to start with. Downstream is also the Cradle of Forestry in America visitor center.



I'm willing to bet you could land a Chinook on the deck on the backside of it. Some people complain that the government over builds. Until what ever it is wiped out and gone.

 

These detours will be with 500' of the respective crossings and these roads are nothing like you guys have. Not near as remote. But the PIO does public announcements for important stuff like what you experienced. They may have had more signage up that blew away or got stolen. That stuff does happen. People do get stupid and want to steal signs in natural resource areas for some reason. I can't stick up for the "forest circus" because I don't know what or how they did it, but stuff does disappear. I've had entire signs and barracades stolen over night.

 

I try not to overbuild too much but the usual rationale is we want that stuff to last. Not everyone is happy with what we do but (like puppies and truck drivers) they quit whining after a few weeks.

 

Call and complain. I tell our visitors that all the time. They may not know something is broke if you don't tell them. Even if it's something in my realm, I may not have time or dollars. This way it gets in the system and it'll come up in someone's email and it'll get attention. When we get a complaint it goes out to a bunch of us. Plus, if I need support from Engineering or Contracting or whomever, I have that base complaint documented and it gets attached or used in the process.