Sometimes city streets in Yaounde remind us of rural roads in Congo — think dried up riverbed (or sometimes not so dried out riverbeds).

Especially after a good hard rain, getting up and down the inevitable hills around RFIS has been challenging. If it’s wet, it’s slippery; if it’s dry, it’s got ruts.  Muddy or dusty — that’s what you get any time you drive or walk or run on the road to RFIS.

But not anymore! Just a week ago the trucks were delivering loads of dirt and the grader pushed the dirt around, filling in ruts and holes in the road.

And today, just a week later, they came by with tar and gravel to pave the way to RFIS!

The road crew kept right on going up to the nearest intersection !  At least until potholes form, it’ll be smooth sailing, less dust, less mud!

It’s not a yellow brick road, but it’s also no longer a red dirt road either!

Now I wonder if we’ll get taxi cars to drive all the way out to school more willingly than they have been when it was dirt. I also wonder if moto taxis are going to be out of jobs — probably not any time soon. They’ll just be able to get around easier; as we all will be.