North of town toward Lake Bloomington the country runs wide open, and a hard freeze out there arrives with a sky so clear the sunrise looks pink on the snow. Starkey & Son LLC works those mornings, plowing drives, cutting through the drifts the wind builds along the field edges, and clearing walks down to solid footing. Salt and ice melt go where the shade lingers, because the spots that never see sun are the ones that catch people. It is early, cold work, and it ends with a driveway you can back out of without a second thought. Bloomington and the roads reaching north get cleared while most of the county is still asleep.