Road Trip
Last week the Public Works Department in Santa Fe County invited me to go see some of their road projects. This is County Road 42 which runs east-west about ten miles south of the Interstate to the small village of Galisteo. We weren't all that far from town but it seemed like we were in the middle of nowhere in hilly juniper tree country. The road bed is leveled then several inches of gravel-dirt composite called "basecourse" is applied and rolled down on the road as a foundation. Then three inches of asphalt are applied to pave the road. The roadsides of course have culverts and drainage and may be lined with rocks to slow erosion. It was a fun trip for me and my new yellow road vest, though I don't think we saw a single car pass us when we were standing out on the project.