Today I found out for sure that the highway department is going to fix my upper driveway where the most serious damage is. It's so bad they can't bring their equipment down it to get to the place they need to start fixing it, so they are coming around from the other side of the property.

The guy said they started talking about it a couple of weeks ago, and I wonder if he was going to surprise me with it. I'm not much for surprises like that: just tell me, don't let me worry about it.



The damage is where the 'A' is, and the equipment will come all the way around the bend from the left, by way of Sleepy Hollow Park. There's no bridge: they'll drive in the river and then up the riverbank to get around the bridge, like a Sherman tank. It's very exciting, as if someone just handed me $100,000.

Today's newspaper announced that the main highway might be open by Thanksgiving, a week earlier than projected. They estimate it has cost $15 million per mile to rebuild just our highway, and for the three major flood recovery projects, at least $450 million.



This is what the rebuilding has looked like before the paving.



Now I can focus on what is to become of my fish.