I'm waiting to see a station wagon with asphalt, either real or fake, replacing the fake wood. It would be....different.
All you have to do is drive down a country road that they just finished applying tar and chips to. Your whole side will be covered. I don't suppose they do that much anymore, but when I was a kid that's how the county maintained all its gravel roads. Not many places have gravel roads anymore.
That's not a drive way, it's a run way. There were lots of gravel roads where I come from. There was one street in Joplin that might as well have been gravel. It looked like it had only been paved once and that must have been when paving was invented.
Just before I got to this post I was ready to mention that. Yes, tar, or oil and pea gravel were popular every spring in central Illinois. For some reason mom always got mad when we ran back and forth on the hot tar barefooted. We used to camp in an area in Iowa where they spread tree sap on the gravel roads. That was nice to drive on in hot weather too.
Man I could store several cars and a lot of parts in that house. Wife would probably complain if I wore greasy muddy boots on that white carpet. Women are funny that way. Neighbors might get upset if I parked a bunch of station wagons out front on blocks. Guess I'll pass.
