February wind crosses the open sections south of the township with nothing to slow it down, and the snow that fell yesterday travels again today, packing hard against every windbreak and drive. Leelanau Snow Removal works those pre-dawn hours — pushing drives and parking areas back to pavement, clearing by hand where the machine can't reach, laying salt on the ice hiding underneath. Drifted banks get taken back wide the first time so the next storm has somewhere to land. By the time the eastern sky goes gray over the Grand River, the route is behind them. Winter here is a long argument, and every clear driveway is a point won.