Recent snow, freezing rain, and sleet have left most driveways in our neighborhood covered in thick, bumpy ice. I am pleased to report that our drive is in excellent shape and to share the reason why. Our most recent precipitation event took the form of 4″ of dry snow followed by an inch or so of sleet and freezing rain. The trick was to snow-blow the snow the moment it started switching to sleet (4 AM) and then to snow-blow and shovel again when the sleet stopped and before temperatures dropped below freezing (8 AM).