Notes from Town Square: Biography of an ice block

Ice. How many forms of ice are there?

Well, let’s name a few. The most obvious this winter for southwest Wyoming would be snow and black ice. Then, we have the ice in our rivers, lakes, streams, glaciers and of course massive ice bergs. Also, we have frost on our windshield and icicles on our houses. Next, we have more favorable kinds of ice including ice cubes, crushed ice and most people’s favorite ice cream.

We don’t want to forget the useful kinds of ice including dry ice,if this really counts, and block ice for our hunting, camping and fishing excursions. Water and ice reall...