This is a series of pictures I took while helping Tom and Jess shovel their driveway, which had a 3-inch layer of packed "snice" (snow+ice). Working with two small hammers and a messed-up shovel for almost an hour we just couldn't penetrate this 8-square-foot area that the snow plow drove over...

So after lunch we went and bought this and two new shovels - finished the entire driveway in 10 minutes.

I almost missed the days living in Minneapolis, shoveling snow. Almost.