When we bought our house over 20 years ago there was an old cracked pavement driveway on the other side of the house. Right next to our well. When we replaced our septic system we had all the brush cleared out of the back and then put in a large dirt driveway on the left side of the house.

We got to enjoy mud season and shoveling a dirt driveway.

This past June we paved the driveway. It seems like a luxury but I can walk barefoot to the mailbox and not worry about tracking dirt in the house.