Gravel Driveways

Spring will arrive this weekend and most of the snow has finally melted. After months of four foot drifts on either side of the driveway, it is nice to finally watch the snow melt. But what happened to all the gravel that used to be on the driveway? When we moved in, we remarked on how well kept the gravel drive was. Now, most of the gravel is gone. Okay, I get it that we had more than twice the annual snow fall this winter, and we did have to plow several times a week for three months. But really, where are the rocks?

I spent an hour raking gravel out of the grass and only gathered a fraction of the gravel that used to be there. Surely there is a more efficient way to do this. I wonder how much it would cost to pave a mile long drive?