Nothing slows the northwest wind between here and the Wisconsin line; it crosses the open Boone County fields and lays snow across a driveway in long, hard drifts. All In One Home Improvement services llc plows those drives and lots, clears the walks, and puts salt down where ice sets up overnight, so the first trip out at dawn is a straight shot to the road. When the ground thaws, the same trucks come back for mowing, trimming and edging, and for the cleanups at either end of the growing season. There is a plain kind of pride in a drive scraped to blacktop before anyone in the house is up. Caledonia and its neighbors get both halves of the year.