Winter arrives in Cheboygan County sideways, driven in off open water, and by four in the morning the county roads running south toward Tower and Onaway are one long white ribbon with fence posts for punctuation. DIG IT Excavation&Snow Plowing works those dark hours, blade down, pushing driveways and lots open so the first car out never has to guess where the pavement is. Banks get pushed back wide instead of piled tight at the apron, because the storm after this one needs somewhere to go. Walks get cleared to the door, and the slick spots get treated before the morning traffic finds them. There is a real satisfaction in a drive that is bare and squared off at daybreak while the field beside it is still knee-deep.