This little village of Sinai has a town council to manage its care. The council does a good job of management. A case in point is street care. Unlike the next village west of us which has gravel streets, Sinai's streets are paved. Last year a gravel street on the fringe of town was blacktopped. Today a crew is seal-coating all the streets. This is good news.
Seal-coating is an interesting process. A machine spreads a coating of heavy oil from the front while at the back is spread a layer of gravel. So the oil is immediately covered by a layer of rocks slightly larger than a pea. Heavy roller machines then press those rocks into the oil. A day or two later a sweeping machine sweeps the excess rocks into piles which then are trucked away. The result is cracks are sealed and a wear coat of rocks covers the street surface. Thus, the basic street surface is preserved. Thanks, city council!
Last night it rained .9", and that's the second good news. That's the most substantial rain in weeks! It's very good news!
Takk for alt,
Al
A brief mention of Laos in last night's blog brought to mind this picture, which might be my all time favorite. It's taken from Thakhek, Laos, over the Mekong River to Phnom Phenom, Thailand, where a temple is visible. The telephoto lens makes Thailand seem closer than in reality. A lone, later afternoon, fisherman, is in the foreground.
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