Ice Ice Baby

In the winter, the driveway entrance of the Cat Ranch is ... a struggle. The gray water from the neighbor's house runs across our driveway. Water from the washing machine and other yucky water. The state does nothing about the situation. *sigh* That is part of the struggle.

When the water runs out on the road and freezes, the plow will come through and take care of the ice floe. But sometimes the water backs up in our driveway instead of the road. 

On our to-do list: repair driveway pavement, fix entrance to driveway, put in LARGE pipe and grate to control water, re-pave driveway.

 The ice was 1 inch thick in some places and 6 inches think in other places.

 
The small ice chipper wasn't enough. Walt Kowalski had to use tools with more power. The ice chips were airborne.

 
The to-do list gets longer everyday.