The MKT Trail runs along Hinkson Creek through the middle of Columbia, and in a hard winter the sycamores that lean out over that path carry enough ice to close it entirely, branches down across the gravel where cyclists usually ride. Lewis Tree Services LLC spends storm mornings working that tangle of tree and snow — clearing what's come down along fence lines and driveways near the creek, then plowing the ground underneath so a property isn't just free of branches but actually passable again. Creek-bottom cold sits differently than cold on the open ridges above town; fog collects there, ice forms first and lingers longest, and a driveway shaded by big old trees near the water can stay slick long after the street out front has dried. Knowing which yards hold onto ice the longest, and which trees are likely to drop a limb under a wet snow, comes from years spent among Columbia's older neighborhoods along the creek. The result is a cleared drive and a safe canopy overhead, both handled by the same crew in the same morning.