Mud season is here!

As of Saturday, mud season is officially here. In New England, there are five seasons instead of the normal 4. Between winter and spring is a brief interlude called "mud season" during which the dirt roads, yards, and unpaved driveways turn from frozen earth to a mud that varies from in gooeyness from sod that just sort of moves under your feet, to soup, to roadways that have the same basic properties as unbaked cornbread batter.

There are methods to driving in it with a two wheel drive vehicle. Basically, keep your wheels on the high spots between the ruts and don't stop for any reason.

After the frost is gone from the ground once and for all, it will dry up. The town will grade the roads. Life will be back to "normal".

If you were thinking of coming by to visit over the next few weeks, be sure to call first for a road report! Although we have a neighbors who regularly go to town with a Saturn, a Buick sedan etc. they are seasoned mud drivers and know the tricks to keep from sinking. Four wheel drive vehicles will have no problem. If you decide to "wing it" and come by with the family sedan, remember: don't stop in the mud or you will sink! Ground clearance saves mufflers.