Planting grass...again

Today Mat and I planted some more grass where we had dug a 3-foot trench from the road to the house in order for Mat to lay pex to bring city water to our house. We planted grass earlier this spring, but either Maddy ate all the seed or it just didn't rain enough to start it growing like crazy. This time we pretty much followed the directions exactly.  Although we didn't have any straw to throw over top of the newly sowed seed, we improvised by putting some leaves over top...we'll see if it works.Last night in the forecast it was predicted that we would experience 50 mph winds and have a 60% chance of rain. We are still anxiously awaiting the arrival of this so called precipitation. (I really thought I'd left the arid western states!) I think it is possible that is has rained more out in Colorado and Utah this summer than in this supposed semi-tropical southern state.This weekend Mat, Maddy and I are going to backpack another section of the Appalachian Trail. Our trail head is just off of Interstate 26 about 20 minutes from our house then we'll hike on over to Erwin, TN.  Sara is being a willing driver for us by dropping us off on the side of the interstate and then a few days later coming to pick us up when we get done.  What will take us a couple days will take Sara about an hour to drive between...I really don't think we are paralleling the interstate we head over some hills and mountains and then veer back to the interstate for the pickup.