b'Trails ReportCJs younger daughter, 7-year-old Averill, also had a chance to ride with her father on the sled and even invented a new way to enjoy the famous Cook Shack fries: a tasty hot cocoa dip! CJ and his daughter Addison, age 9, take in the view at the lookout near the Coles Pond Sledders Cook Shack. Unfortunately, CJs mother-in-law,loved ones, yet she decided to provide Sherry Jo (Byron) Calkins, lost herthem the opportunity to snowmobile,Sherry would be happy knowing she battle with cancer shortly after CJallowing her family to partake in ainspired these huge helmet grins.reached out with this letter. It isnew form of recreation that they may with the familys blessing that I amnever have tried had it not been forThat is what Sherry would have including this letter and its upliftingher gift.wanted!story as a tribute to a wonderfulI hope each of you reading this feel woman named Sherry. Providingthat riding along the VAST trailI want to thank CJ Scott and positive experiences for those closesystem is a positive experience, afamily for allowing me to include to her was important to Sherry.gift that many will never get to have.this in the magazine. May we all These experiences came in a varietyReading this may cause you to reflectremember Sherry and her wonderful of ways, such as the elaborateon your rides and the enjoymentcontribution to her beloved family parties she planned and hosted oryou share with your friends andin allowing them the opportunity wonderful adventures/trips forfamily.Maybe it will also be a call toto enjoy the VAST trail system. May the entire family. Although Sherryparticipate in a new form of recreationSherrys memory live on in every was not a snowmobiler, the gift of athe next time the opportunityfeeling of enjoyment in every mile of snowmobile to the family was herpresents itself. You never knowtrail her loving family rides on that way of providing a new and positivewhat kind of positive experiencePolaris!experience for them that they couldwaits for you and your family.As share together for years to come. recreation enthusiasts, we should not Proof of how well Sherrys planbe categorizing ourselves as non-worked is provided not only in themotorized or motorized. We are all letter sent by CJ, but also in the photosgoing about our recreational pursuits he provided of smiles and fondfor similar reasons: All activities are memories with loved ones during thepeaceful and calming to us in their cold Vermont winter! Sherry couldown way.May all your recreational have done any number of things tooutcomes be adventuresome and provide positive experiences for herpositive, filled with lasting memories. Summer 2019 | 19'