Walking home is getting treacherous. We have "black ice" in Dallas whenever we get precipitation and the temperature goes below freezing, but it's only on roads and only a hazard to drivers and passengers. Here, the sidewalks are made of asphalt, too, and so the sidewalks get black ice. And when you're walking home at night, everything's black. Well, not everything, because I do have street lights on the entire walk all the way home. But it just looks like a glistening spot on the sidewalk. And sometimes, it is just wet and not ice, especially when the temp is just "hovering" around freezing. Sometimes, I'll even walk in the street instead of the sidewalk because most of the moisture on the road has evaporated with all those cars driving over it all day. But the sidewalks see less traffic and have more shady spots. Of course, at night, those spots aren't shady, but during the day you can see where the moisture accumulates. It's either in spots with bad drainage (or good drainage depending how you're looking at it, but the spots where melted snow runs off the yard, across the sidewalk, and into the street) or spots in the shade.
New adventures! Praise God, I haven't had any adventures in falling down. I've slipped a few times but have always been able to regain my balance and get a good footing before letting gravity take total control.
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