We (Lanita Witt, Suzanne Willow and daughter Brooke) were looking for around 40 acres of rural property within the Ashland School District.
We drove up snowy Shale City Road on a sparkling morning, December 31, 1984. Driving toward a mapped parcel, we looked down into a beautiful valley with a big barn and little house under 4 feet of snow, and thought about the family that lived there — in summer!
Visiting twice more, we found the valley with which we had all fallen in love was for sale, and it was 445 acres!
Two weeks later, we skied into the valley with the big barn and the little house, and put in an offer. The rest, as they say, is history.
