Off Roading



 

We were doing a supply run in Ormoc area. We had dropped a washing machine off in Palompon, a pretty coastal town. As we were doing this, we could hear thunder. Just what we would needed, a rainstorm. We actually got very lucky and it didn't rain on us. The GPS suggested a shortcut from Polompon to Ormoc instead of going around the coast or backtracking. It was just a 12-kilometer road. Why not? We noticed at the start that it said "dangerous, road construction" on it. It will be fine. It was a narrow, paved road, but plenty wide for our truck and the occasional motorcycle that was coming the other way. Then the paved road ended. It was okay. We bounced a bit but got some video footage of the road. Then it got worse. The paved road would come and go. The unpaved road was often washed out with large ruts in it. We were glad we were in a truck. Can missionaries go 4-wheeling? At times we would see where they were working on the road. At one point, we were on a single lane paved road with a foot+ drop off on my side. Up ahead, just where the road widened out to two paved lanes, there was a large steel beam on the road. Jack very carefully nudged the beam with one tire while most of the other tired stayed on the pavement. I aged several years on that road. We only passed one truck coming towards us and a few motorcycles. However, we made it and got to our next appointment in Abuera to switch out a fridge before they had to leave for a baptism.

You can check out a video of what we later found out was the good portion of the drive below.

Video of short cut

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