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Ice storm breaks the spirit of a ski area owner, after 40 years
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'Windblown' is a cross-country ski area in New Hampshire that was ruined by falling trees during a major ice storm last December. The forest trails of Windblown had been created by owner Al Jenks for 40 years. At the age of 62, and after months of clearing trees to reinstate the trails that sometimes cater for over 1000 skiers, he's decided to move on.
This touching article about his experiences and work is a good one:
Jenks decides it’s time to move on after ice storm
By Gary Fitz, Nashua Telegraph.
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... in an e-mail on Feb. 3, a decision that was coming "sooner rather than later'' was formally announced. The Jenks family was moving on. And as usual, nobody could put it into words better than Jenks himself.
"In the wee hours of December 12, 2008, the ice man came knocking upon our cabin door,'' Jenks wrote. "It was not a lightning bolt he threw at our feet, but an ice laden oak branch. He said, 'Through toil and tenacity you have defeated me before, but now I have come to even up the score. My only desire is that you shall retire.'
"If Irene and I were 20 years younger, or our boys wanted to operate a ski area,'' Jenks continued, "we would put our shoulders to the wheel and give it a mighty shove, but that is not the situation. This will be our last year managing Windblown.''
Anyone know the area, or did you live through that ice storm?
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I know the area and the ice storm did a lot of damage throughout New England.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
My inlaws were without power for the best part of a week after the storm - sounded absolutely crazy.
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David Goldsmith
, Great article. Thanks.
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