Country Roads

Reader Contribution by Arkansas Girl
Published on April 13, 2013
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There are some things that are just wonderful to have or use and a paved highway is one. I can say that because I grew up in the country and only saw a paved street when I went to town – and even though some of those “city” streets weren’t the most desirable, but at least they had a smooth surface that prevented dust from billowing into the house every time a car went by.

Actually, dust is one of the nuisances of country roads. When we were kids, some drivers would “fly” down the road leaving us in a cloud of dust. Sometimes, we would run into the ditch and up the embankment trying to prevent ourselves from being “baptized” in dust. It helped a little but not much.

We kids were always walking up and down the road. Seems like that was one of our favorite past-times. I thoroughly enjoyed our treks, except when a vehicle rolled by.

When it rained, the road was one long slushy trail with car tires so muddy, all you could see was a wheel that looked like a large, brown doughnut. I felt sorry for our school teachers (who lived up town). Those ladies had to drive that dusty summer or muddy winter road to come and teach their poor charges to read and write. But those women were more than faithful. They just seemed to take the ride in stride. I don’t guess it would have mattered to fret over it, because there was nothing they could do about it.

The muddy, wet roads made traveling time so slow creepy-crawly like, but then again, back then, people were not in such much of a hurry like they are today. Driving on unpaved country roads certainly teach patience, which I never had much of and never drove on the unpaved road that ran past our house.

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