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Show REVIEW CastleValleyReview.com 75 Cents Castle Valley The Volume 3, Issue 1. You’re News to Us! Picture Stories A love of photography becomes a part time job...and an obsession February 2009 Inside Don't Worry... Be Happy Business owners encourage local optimism The Nuclear Debate Talk of a Nuclear Power Plant on the Green River creates heated discussion Photo by John Malmberg Heather Schenck snowkites on Skyline Drive. SOARING ON A Dream Job Jeweler Shines at Her Work SKYLINE Skyline drive has quietly become the destination of choice for thrill seekers in search of great snow, rolling hills and a place to go fly a kite and... James L. Davis T he pickup with the kayaks strapped on top seemed just a little out of place on Skyline Drive in the middle of January in near white-out conditions, but it was there none- Brian Schenck catches the wind snowkiting on Skyline. Flying Bighorns! the-less. As snow plows rumbled down Highway 31 two men stepped out of the trailer hitched to the truck and by their excited banter and the half-crazed grins splashed across their faces your might wonder if they were certifiable. After talking to them for a moment or two you probably wouldn’t wonder anymore. One from the East Coast and one from the West Coast, they had just spent four days kayaking down the Grand Canyon, then hitched up their trailer, drove several hundred miles and climbed nearly 10,000 feet to park at Skyline Drive for their next adventure. All they were waiting for was their guide and it didn’t take long for Brian and Heather Schenck to arrive in their own truck with their own excited grins splashed across their faces. The wind was blowing (as it usually does on Skyline Drive) it was cold, the snow was deep and the parking lot was virtually empty -- pretty much paradise for snowkiting, which is why everyone was grinning. Snowkiting combines snow skiing or snowboarding with Continued on Page A14. |