Yesterday’s snow and ice and rain followed by an overnight freeze transformed our snowy landscape into inches of solid ice. Our driveway, ice. The road where we usually walk, ice.

In years past we’d just hole up and get increasingly grumpy with each other while I looked up vacation AirBnBs in warm tropical places.

But this year, perhaps bolstered by months of pandemic-fueled “we need to make this bearable!” purchases, I decided to take arms against the sea of potential ice troubles.

Past experience with Yaktrax was a total, perilous failure. So I went over to @rei and splurged on a pair of @kahtoola “nanospikes” for each of us.

And they have been a GAME CHANGER. We were actually able to be outside. To walk. To feel the sunshine and the windchill burn on our cheeks.

I’m sharing this for any of my fellow icebound friends who may be seeking a Better Way. I really can’t recommend these things enough. Plus they make a wonderfully satisfying ASMR crunch as you walk - swipe to the last video and crank up the volume.

..Also, zero affiliation here. As I may have mentioned in the past, I’m a crappy businessperson. I just like sharing what I find. Although if anyone wants to send us a lifetime supply of these babies I wouldn’t complain. ...