Now We Can Drive Our Boxster Here, Too

A few weeks ago, a guest arrived at our neighbor Maggie's casita in his brand-new Porsche. Horrified at the condition of the dirt road (our beloved Mesa Sea), and not wanting to risk further damage to his car, he told Maggie that he'd have to cancel his stay. But after a few margaritas and a sunset soak in the casita's hot tub, he had a change of heart. He decided to rent a car for the week, and when it was time to leave, he hired a tow truck to haul his car back to the main road.

Had that guest delayed his visit for a few weeks, he would have been delighted to find a newly-paved County Road B-007 leading to Mesa Sea:
And the deeply-rutted, close-to-impassable Mesa Sea is now a navigable thoroughfare, thanks to a mysterious road-grading fairy who kindly leveled the road and created a drainage ditch in anticipation of the runoff from next spring's snowmelt:

Although drivers on Mesa Sea may still encounter some problems (due mainly to heavy construction vehicles on a less-than-100%-dry surface),  the road is greatly improved.  After the successful paving of B-007, residents are hoping to convince Taos County to take over the maintenance of Mesa Sea, making that Sea of Mud a thing of the past.