I'd like to step out of the Trail Head box for a moment today to salute Keith Inman of Waterville.

Mr. Inman, you are my true hero!

Why, you ask? What could possibly merit such kudos?

Well, only in Maine I believe would a man assemble a bunch of scrap parts (value: $30) and a couple of wheels purchased at none other than Marden's (value: $13) and then cobble together a home-made snowplow.

A snowplow that would hence be mounted to the front of his...

... '98 Honda Civic sedan!

OK, I think I'm about to pee my pants. (Doubly so, being the proud but plow-less owner of a '98 Honda Civic myself).

Yep, quite the riggin' according to Inman after all the friggin'.

"Two bolts hold it on -- that's it," he said.

Wicked.

Such a unique invention is not without it's problems, though, as you might well imagine.

The plowing goes along pretty well, says Inman, but "I can't hit the snowbank hard, because it could set off the car airbags."

Ok, that's it. Too late. Already peed.

Says his wife Irene: "He is supposed to take it easy, but this gives him something to do."

God love you both. And thank you.

So today, my Dear Trail Headers, we are obliged to tip our red plaid fleece hats to the latest in Maine ingenuity, that ever-present can-do spirit that drives our independent and self-sufficient natures here in the Great State of Maine: Keith Inman and his home-made Honda Civic-mounted snowplow!