Day 668:
After getting caught in the mud one too many times for my liking I’ve decided to build a road out of all these logs I’m cutting down to ensure that I’m harder to shoot. (Yes I know technically I’m harder to shoot with a tree in the way, but the tree makes it harder to see who’s shooting me and shoot back. This isn’t some ancient Robin Hood movie and I’m no tree climber.)
At least to start, I’m running the roads north/south (or what I think is north/south based on the position of the sun) and probably east/west as well, but at the edges of my maps so I can find my way around more comfortably. It’ll also help me keep track of where I’ve been and where I’m going.
The dark wood here seems to be very very solid and to be honest there’s not a lot of traffic anyway, so I think the wood will hold up until I need to go to something heavier like stone. I hope that’ll be a while. I mean, I have plenty of cobblestone, but wood is generally lighter to haul around.
This would, once again, be a nice time for one of those horses and maybe a wagon. My skill at wheels is still pretty horrible though.