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Fork in the Road? - Tracy in WI
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:43 pm
by ATG
Hey Tracy,
I was looking at your pictures and saw one of the Fork in the Road (heehee). I had read about that but never knew where it was. Where is it exactly?
Don't you love those Dip signs too?!
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:03 pm
by Xislandgirl
I am not Tracy but the Fork in the road is on Gift Hill.
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:13 pm
by Tracy in WI
Yep - Gift Hill! The book "Desiring Paradise" was at our villa so we both read it during the week. It talks quite a bit about the Fork. Funny story.
I do love those dip signs! They make me laugh. I also liked the one I saw last year which I was told was brought down by a fellow Wisconsinite - "No Snowmobiles"!
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:50 pm
by ATG
Yeah! I saw that snowmobile sign too last year! Too funny! Gotta love it there, don't ya!?
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:44 pm
by sailorgirl
My favorite sign was the one that said "Frost heave"
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:49 pm
by Steve S
The only frost heaves on St. John are the ones from drinking too many frozen mango coladas!
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:32 am
by VaGirl
ATG wrote:Yeah! I saw that snowmobile sign too last year! Too funny! Gotta love it there, don't ya!?
There was one of these signs on the road to our villa last year; have to tell ya, one of the gals with us was totally suckered into believing it actually snowed on STJ!! We finally had to break down and tell her the truth.
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 3:48 pm
by California Girl
Please enlighten this California Girl. What is a "frost heave"??? 
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 4:08 pm
by DELETED
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Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 4:08 pm
by Steve S
CG - A frost heave occurs when the base beneath a paved roadway becomes wet with groundwater and then freezes. We all know from elementary science that water expands when it freezes and since the frozen water is restricted on both sides and underneath, the only direction to expand is up, creating a "heave".
When this heaving motion cracks the pavement and water gets in, freezes and expands, this can break off chunks of roadway to form those lovely potholes that the northern states are so lucky to have every spring...
Hope this helps.
Steve
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 11:14 pm
by California Girl
Hey, thanks guys!
Jorge - Do rocks really push up out of the earth every spring, or are you woofin' me? That's like totally Stephen King, dude. 
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 8:28 am
by wontongirl
Steve S-
I'm going to start calling you "Bill Nye the Science guy"!
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 9:41 am
by sailorgirl
Yup, that's what a frost heave is!. I learned the term from some "Mainer's". I had to take a pic for them.
If I can figure out how to post the pic I will
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:54 pm
by cat
We get potholes in the south but it is more from sinking than from pushing up. Our basements are at ground level here too cuz if you go down too deep you hit water! Needless to say we don't freeze very often!
Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:41 pm
by sailorgirl