We've been a booking agent for adventure trips since 1995. We started running our own tours five years ago with a 40-year-old Thiokol snow-cat that had a serial number of 30.

We once had a group of five snowboarders from England book a cat for the day. The most experienced of them had ridden five days in his life. We had very few runs, but these guys had the time of their lives, just falling and laughing and picking themselves up all day long.

It gives us a chance to evaluate everyone's riding ability.

Adventure must start with running away from home

Those who came to the meeting were really excited about getting these block watches up and running again. We're starting to see more vandalism and burglary in the area, and a well-run block watch program can deter a lot of that kind of activity.

It wouldn't cost more to get it built, but it would take more to keep it running.