For the last month the walk from our entry gate to the car (or curb) has literally been a solid sheet of ice. The sidewalk happens to lose elevation just as our walkway meets with it resulting in a slushy pool of muck in the day and a little black ice rink after dark. Also, to make matters worse, as the snow or ice on the higher elevations on either side of the muck pool melt they run down the sidewalk into the pool creating some of that wonderful and invisible black ice on both sides. It’s a trap and it finally got me today.
I forgot my lunch and started to run back inside, leaping over the little ice rink only to land on the invisible ice on the other side. It was a wipeout worthy of film. I busted up my knee and elbow but the really amazing thing is I didn’t rip my pants or jacket.
Great start today.