NARRATIVE of WARD COURIER

March, 2010

ELLICOTTVILLE, NY

It was a short walk from our lodge to the core of the village, and the downhill crowd was out in force. Girls in ski hats called from the porches of B&Bs to cars waiting in the street. A trio of young men sipping from plastic cups crowded the sidewalk. Ski-jacketed groups gathered outside the doors of shops, pubs, and restaurants. I shouldn't have been surprised. Everyone sensed that that weekend was the ...