From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   Frank wrote:   
   ...   
   > I was too up until a couple of years ago.  We live in a hilly area.  My   
   > lot drops about 40 feet from highest part above to lowest below.  I had   
   > to use a self propelled mower as a rider could turn over on the down   
   > slope.  Worst was back yard where neighbors on both sides do not cut but   
   > my wife wanted ours cut.  So I got a lawn crew as do half my   
   > neighborhood.  I still do leaves and clean gutters.   
      
     not much for hills here unless they are man-made.   
   that is true of our property too.  the change in   
   elevation for most of it is about a foot or two but   
   we had to bring in some fill when building for the   
   septic drain field (clay doesn't drain very fast) so   
   that is the highest part.   
      
     we are not too far in elevation above the level of Lake   
   Huron/Michigan and we lose about half of the difference   
   within half a mile.  so that means for the next 29   
   miles the land only drops another 15 feet.   
      
     this area used to be an inland sea/swampy area.  there   
   is coal and salt veins under us among the glacial till.   
   flat and mundane agricultural area with some forest lands   
   that have regrown since they were initially cleared.   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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