If you don’t know how to drive in the mud…

Could you please stay off the dirt roads? You really mess it up for the rest of us…

My son, Brendon Shave, who also took these photos, pulled him out of the way, but wasn’t able to get him out of the ditch.

bigsurkate

Appointed appellate counsel for indigent defendants (retired.) I have lived in Big Sur since 1984, first on the north coast, and on the South Coast since 1989.

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  • Here we go with the winter rains -- idiot drivers messing things up. Dudes in pickups are especially talented at this sort of stuff, as we see here. Note that his son had to come to the rescue; how embarrassing.

    • he is wedged in, and has called AAA. Most won’t go on to a dirt road, but Cambria Tow has, and they charge extra, not covered by the membership fee. Plus he left his lights on, so he will need a jump when and if they get here...

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