Winter arrives in Spotswood in the dark, well before the first commuters find Route 18. Dart Seasonal Products Inc is out in it — plow down, lot lights swinging, driveways opened while the storm is still deciding what it wants to be. Walks and steps get cleared and treated so the first person out the door in the morning has somewhere safe to put a foot. Salt goes where ice sets up: the pitch of an apron, the shaded side of a walk, the low spot that refreezes after a thaw. Storms here can turn to rain and back again overnight, so this is often a return trip rather than a single pass. The reward is a plain one — a cleared drive at first light, and nobody late.