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YAK Tracks keeps us upright

In her Slight Detour post today, Marianne Love/Slight Detour says that a neighbor's mailbox presents
In her Slight Detour post today, Marianne Love/Slight Detour says that a neighbor's mailbox presents "extra challenges for the postal carriers today." (Marianne Love/Slight Detour photo)

I was already to head outside this morning to do my chores when Bill strongly suggested that I add my YAK tracks when going out to get the papers. 

He had been out earlier with the dogs, and when he saw how shiny the road was, he stuck just the toe of his boot on the edge and sensed that it would not be a good idea to walk on that stuff without some sort of ice accessory. 

So, I heeded, and took the broom with me as a walking stick.  The YAK tracks helped me to and from the paper box, but each time I put the broom handle on the road surface, it just slipped away/Marianne Love, Slight Detour. More here.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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