No snowplowing today. Just a little minor pothole patching. Berwyn Illinois USA. Early January 2008.

I took this photo one morning at the intersection of Harlem Avenue / Illinois U.S Route # 72 and Windsor Street, in west suburban Berwyn Illinois. It was a bitterly cold but sunny morning in early January of 2008, and a constant wave of heavy lake effect snowstorms were yet to hit the greater Chicagoland area. The lampost Christmas Holiday decorations had yet to be removed, as Christmas and New Years had just passed.

Although there was not a flake of snow to be found, ( Not just yet anyway.)..The plow is attached to the front of this Ford dump truck, and ready for action at anytime. While the streets were dry and clear, this crew from the Berwyn Department of Public Works took advantage of the opportunity and did a mobile pot hole patching detail on this cold but clear day in January.