The gravel roads throughout the state of Iowa took a beating last Fall, Winter and Spring. The biggest culprit? Record levels of rain in the Fall and snow in the Winter, followed up by a fairly damp Spring. Our little Honda sat in our drive, unused, for most of the first half of 2019 for fear that it would be sucked into one or another of the sloppy areas that could be found on every section of road between us and paved thoroughfares. As it was, Chumley, our 4-wheel drive work truck, had a few adventures that had us wondering.