Ryan's Excavating and Trucking

About Ryan's Excavating and Trucking

Snow is a rare visitor in Woodland, which is exactly why it causes trouble when it does arrive. When a cold east wind drops a wet snowfall over the bottomlands and freezes it overnight, Ryan's Excavating and Trucking, an excavating and trucking outfit, turns its equipment toward opening driveways and lots. The job starts in the blue dark before dawn, headlights sweeping across white fields, with Mount St. Helens standing pale to the northeast once the sky clears. Heavy, slushy snow takes muscle to move, and the aim is a path pushed wide and down to pavement so people can reach I-5 and get on with their day. In a town made for rain, an opened driveway after a snowstorm is a small gift.