Those of you who have to plow snow know what its like to crawl outta bed in the wee hours to push snow around before everyone has to begin their morning commute. Here at the Four Wheeler Midwest Bureau in northern Illinois we got a palty 2 inches of snow yesterday, but a whole mess of wind, which meant a fair amount of drifting out here in rural Illinois.

I had the plow-crazy Tracker locked in 4WD before dawn and spent the next hour or so unburying the cars and opening up the driveway. Nothing broke on the plow rig and I was in a warm cabin listening to the radio while I worked. No complaints. Well, maybe one. WHERE'S SPRING?