random thoughts – Day 2,256 (Thursday) – driveways

Yesterday’s guess about the driveway work next door was correct and part of it is being widened. As part of the process, the old driveway was dug out today. The clanking sound of roller being driven up the street kicked things off at 7:09 this morning. Before long, it was followed by the rumble of a dump truck and a collection of other vehicles.

Next door driveway work underway.

I had already been up for an hour and was drinking coffee, so it gave me some live entertainment. The existing pavement was cut with a circular saw thingy and the digger tore up pieces of asphalt and set them into the dump truck. My favorite part of the process was the workers yelling long conversations over the noise of the equipment.

By early afternoon, most of the equipment had disappeared and a beautifully flat, slightly wider, compacted dirt driveway remained. It will be interesting to see the next phase. 

My driveway is a little rough with some previously patched cracks and general unevenness and now it will look even worse by comparison. It will probably be next year when I’ve got my own driveway job going on and I should probably pop next door the next time the crew is there and get a business contact.