[OSM-newbies] The classic U.S. gravel road

[Paul Johnson]

On 01/06/2011 02:58 PM, john at jfeldredge.com wrote:

> My mother's family moved from the Northeastern USA to California, by automobile, in the late 1920's.  From what she told me, and what I
have read, many of the roads in the desert portions of the American West
in those days didn't even have gravel on them; they were just a
collection of ruts left by previous vehicles, with, if you were lucky, a
few signposts at junctions.  It took her family three weeks to drive
across the USA, which today would take four or five days by car, or a
few hours by plane

More like a day to a day and a half by plane.  You can't just count
airtime, that'd be like only counting freeway time for a drive.

> I can well believe that some side roads would still be in this condition.

Most of the Muscovee Nation is indeed that way still.  I have friends
who live near the Osage/Muscovee line, and my Malibu is definitely
covered in a thick layer of red dirt from driving on those "roads."

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