Dear Editor:
Thank you! Thank you, Mike McDonald . Mike and his workers are a hero to the residents and property owners on the Upper Blanco Road ( County Rd 326) and Blue Creek Road. The last storm completely washed out the culvert and cut the road in three places leaving all of us totally isolated and without electricity. Mike immediately showed up with his men and placed steel I beams across the raging river to give us a walkway to the other side. Then he brought in an 80 ton excavator and loader, contacted the county and began working day and night on the road without pay for his equipment or employees. After three days, he had re-installed the culvert and made drivable the three cuts in the road. Then, a dirt and gravel truck accidentally crushed the culvert, so he got a new and stronger one from the county and did it all again. Mike was not alone. Residents nearby also worked night and day with their own excavators, loaders and skid steers. Thank you Joe Fahrion , Cody Gebert and Kyler McKee who also volunteered their own excavators and heavy equipment and worked with Mike. Our “Island” of the Upper Blanco is now connected to the rest of the county. Thank you to all of you and many others that joined in to support them and reconnect us to the world.
Tom and Ellen Beavers
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