Black Ice

A stealth coating of ice covers our driveway.

It’s worse than deep snow and it’s far more treacherous.  On the roadways, you won’t see it until it’s too late.  But this time, we’ve all been alerted by all of the weather services to expect the worse in the form of ice, and it’s already here.

This afternoon, just before dusk at 4:52, I shot this close-up of a section of my driveway from a safe position on the front entrance, to show just how slick and slippery black ice can be. 

The only way that I felt confident in walking down the slope of the driveway to get the mail and to pick up the empty trash cans was to use my pair of rubberized shoes whose bottoms, thanks to a gift from Priscille a couple of years ago, are outfitted with a pair of “Yaktraks.”

This neat little invention fits easily under a pair of shoes and will give you the traction of a mountain goat.  If you are interested, Amazon carries different models.  So does Plow & Hearth.  The one I wear retails for $27.

Watch yourself out there for the next couple of days – it’s not fit for human or beast!