Past where Westfield's subdivisions run out, the old farm section lines still hold — long straight roads bordered by creek bottoms and windbreaks — and Hittle Landscaping works those first whenever an early frost catches everyone off guard before the plows were expected to be needed at all. Cool Creek cuts through the north side of town, and the ground near it holds shadow and cold long after the open fields nearby have gone bright with sun, so a driveway near the creek gets watched a little closer than one out in open ground. This crew grew up around the same section-line roads it now clears, and it shows in how it can read a field for exactly where drifting will pile against a fence row by morning. A rural driveway kept open all winter, mail carrier and school bus both able to turn around without a second thought, matters more out here than anything flashier could. By the time the frost burns off the open fields, the shaded ground by the creek is still catching up — and that's exactly where this crew already was.