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Resilience

In the last little corner of Vermont,
You will find this hidden gem,
With ambition there have been developments
And where the river forks, (Passumpsic River)
The road still remains less traveled,

What may seem to be weathered and worn,
Is its real charm
As what we perceive as daily routine,
Will be the experience we wish to seek,
And to make a visit
Its community will welcome you to its secret,

With its rich heritage and pride,
Where even the wildlife face challenges to survive
It is the resilience of its people,
That carries it on,

You have arrived at Burke Mountain
The last little corner of Vermont,
Where you can borrow of piece of its resilience,
Even if just for a little while.

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.” By Robert Frost

  • Ray and Alicia Alba
    Director
  • Alicia Alba
    Writer
  • Raymond Alba
    Skiers/Riders
  • Alicia Alba
    Skiers/Riders
  • Sandro Alba
    Skiers/Riders
  • Nevada Alba
    Skiers/Riders
  • Tricia Eastman
    Skiers/Riders
  • Jaime Eastman
    Skiers/Riders
  • Martha Eastman
    Skiers/Riders
  • Max Eastman
    Skiers/Riders
  • Adam Lukowski
    Skiers/Riders
  • Tom Thrash
    Advisors
  • Joey Wallis
    Advisors
  • Sam Jafarian
    Advisors
  • Rudi Reit
    Advisors
  • Michael Doran
    Advisors
  • Beth Gelber
    Advisors
  • Jeffery Farbaneic
    Advisors
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Web / New Media
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 58 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 29, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital Nikon
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Ray and Alicia Alba

On Christmas Day 2010, our son Sandro, 6 at the time, got a freeboard from Santa. We were lucky that year, that we had a White Christmas. So he grabbed his freeboard and sled and we headed over to our local hill. There are not too many places to sled in our hood, but we had what locals called Dead Man’s Hill. A street closed off to traffic that lies parallel to a cemetery, in Washington Heights, NYC.

Our son got on his freeboard and rode down the hill like he had been doing it his whole life. Ray and Alicia had not skied in since 1997, and Ray's last trip skiing was February 1, 2001, but they could remember the feeling immediately. She looked at him and he looked at her, and he said “how about we start skiing again?” and so Alba Adventures began.

As a husband and wife team we have had no formal education in filmmaking though we have taken upon ourselves to learn this craft by trial and error, and by leveraging our photography skills to help to shoot stories. Needless to say, our work had vastly improved over the years, with many stories viewed thousands of times and us developing a small online following; knowing we still had and have so much still to learn about producing, editing and storytelling.

We now produce about a bit more than a dozen short videos a year and while we travel, particularly skiing, we often hear people yelling from the chairlift "The Alba Adventures".

OUR MISSION

To produce family ski and travel videos that will attract other families to be more active, to visit their local or distant mountains, to experience the great outdoors and to share time together skiing.

Our stories are real, unscripted, and honest, providing you with an authentic experience

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