East of Fort Morgan the South Platte slides along beneath old cottonwoods, and the ground beside it has always asked for shaping. 2KB Landscaping & Excavation, LLC works that ground across Morgan County — mowing and trimming through the growing season, then plowing once the plains go white. There is a real satisfaction in an edge cut so clean it looks drawn with a straightedge, and in a yard graded so the water goes where it should. Winter out here rarely arrives politely; it comes down the valley on wind with nothing in its way, and the trucks roll early so a drive is open before anyone needs it. The same care in July as in January — only the equipment changes.