Every year the temperature drops to about ten below and if it rains right before it freezes the land next to my lake becomes saturated. As it freezes the land heaves up and creates mounds of sand. I have to get my square shove and landscape an ergonomic walkway that leads onto my dock. I have yound and old people that use it. They can't be troubled with such trivial things as looking down to ensure that they won't trip. They should be thinking about pleasure and enjoying the beauty of the water. They shouldn't even be walking, but they are human. That is why it must be an effortless grade. As it slopes down the speed of their gait should be unnoticabley increasing, yet the quarter of an inch step up to the dock must feel natural and unnoticed. Many experiences occur in or above that water, yet it is allways the grade that allows confidence in the night hours.