Wednesday Walk Construction Edition

This is in response to a Challenge by @tattoodjay to take photographs of things on a walk. Things you don’t normally see. I really like the challenge and the challenger so here I am again.

I've been a couple weeks without a Wednesday Walk. My walking buddy had a nasty ear infection and just wasn't able to go so I mostly stayed in too. Sam is better to the point of being just fine so we've been back at it.

38th Street. A main cross street in my neighborhood.

There is an ongoing construction project going on in my neighborhood that Sam and I walk through every day, and really have been for months. It's a storm water project. Go ahead and laugh, Yuma is historically one of the driest places in the US. But just like Morton Brand Salt, when it rains it pours, particularly in the Summer Monsoon Season.

38th Street and Hunter Ave. Major intersection.

They built a retention basin a couple of years ago. It was a neighborhood joke, this massive basin that water just didn't drain into all that well. Now we know the rest of the story. The county is putting a delivery system in for it that covers a huge area.

This is right in the middle of 38th street, my only access in or out. They have made it so I can get in and out. Only one way at any given time, but I can always get in and out. I told you it's a big project, with big pipe.

One good thing about it, Sam and I have taken lots of different routes to get to the desert recently. We pick our way through street closures and around big equipment, but we've gotten through every time.

This is the view right off my front porch. I don't think my little street is going to be part of the storm water project, but the gas company has taken advantage of the road construction to upgrade all their main lines and house connections in the area. These guys are installing new main line right up the street.

This is the corner of my yard, and inside that caution tape is where my new gas line connection will be. They installed the new feed line a couple of days ago and will install this section of main line today.

Fact of the matter is, I need to finish this up so that I can make breakfast (and some rice for lunch time that I can microwave) before 0630 when I am scheduled for disconnect and re connection. They will provide bottled gas right at the meter so I won't have to relight the pilot lights. But I darn sure will be done cooking for the day by then!

This is the end of this #Wednesday Walk. I'll fix some breakfast for me and Sam and I will head out for our walk just after the sun is up. A little dirt and inconvenience can't stop us.

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