The saturated road no longer absorbed the water, which ran along the ruts in streams.
Following a long drive that consisted of little more than two ruts worn by vehicle tires, they came to the Marsh ranch.
As we climb the escarpment onto the plateau the dirt road degenerates into a couple of wheel ruts.
The route was in a poor state of repair with deep ruts and was often extremely muddy in wet weather.
Their minds have been formed by very narrow (tho voluminous in quantity) reading and the ruts of their mental pathways are deep.