East of Davison the country opens toward the Thumb, and when a storm comes down out of the northwest there is nothing out there to slow it. Snow crosses the section roads sideways, builds a hard drift at the end of every drive, and fills back in behind you if you wait too long. Five Star Snowplowing and Lawn Care runs into that — plowing through the night so the drive is open when the alarm goes off, and coming back for the second push when the wind keeps working. The satisfaction is a specific one: headlights on a clean stretch of pavement at five in the morning, storm still going, and one more house that can leave whenever it wants. Winter is the season that decides whether a place stays connected, and this is the work of keeping it so.