ANTHONY: THE NORTHWOODS OF MAINE, LOAN AND WHILE COUNTRY.
>> WE ARE A LONG WAY FROM ANYWHERE AND I LOVE IT.
ANTHONY: WINTER IS CHANGED UP HERE.
SNOWMOBILING EXPLODED WITH THOUSANDS OF MILES OF INTERCONNECTED TRAILS.
AT THE FARM, DEEP IN THE WOODS, THE LOCAL TRAIL SYSTEM IS THE LIFE LED.
>> IF WE DO NOT MAINTAIN THEM, WE DO NOT GET ANY BUSINESS COMING IN.
ANTHONY: GUY MILLS LOGS A LOT OF MILES.
>> WE DO ABOUT 130 MILES AND IT TAKES ABOUT 17 HOURS.
ANTHONY: FOR ALL THE EFFORT IN MAINTAINING THE TRAILS, THERE IS A DIEHARD MINORITY OF LETTERS WHO DO NOT WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THEM.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ENJOY TRAIL RIDING, BUT NOT IN MY SELECT GROUP.
WE ENJOYED BACKCOUNTRY, GETTING OUT THE PARTS OF MAINE THAT NOT EVERYBODY CAN SEE.
ANTHONY: HE RIDES WITH A GROUP SEEKS OFF TRAIL THRILLS, CUTTING THROUGH FRESH POWDER ON HIGH-POWERED MACHINE.
BUT -- >> I DRAG RACE CARS FOR YEARS AND I DO NOT GET AS MUCH ADRENALINE RUSH OUT OF THAT AS I DO IN THE MOUNTAINS.
>> DEBBIE REALLY CARES APPEAR, AS LONG AS YOU ARE NOT RUNNING OVER NEW TREE GROWTH.
ANTHONY: WALTER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT BACKCOUNTRY WRITERS -- RIDERS HAVE DEVELOPED A BAD BOY IMAGE.
HE FOUNDED A COMPANY IN MAINE THAT MAKES ACCESSORIES FIRST LETTERS.
THE NAME OF HIS COMPANY?
JUDGE.
>> IT IS JUST A FUN NAME THAT REFLECTS THE BRAND.
ANTHONY: ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BREAK’S HAD BLAKE, QUIET PLEASE.
SCHOOL IS IN SESSION.
>> WE BUILT OUR OWN SCHOOL HOUSE AND WE HAD ITALY’S TALKED WITH ALL THE MATERIALS THAT WE NEED.
ANTHONY: IT IS IN THE UNORGANIZED TERRITORY OF TOWNSHIP A.
HE CONVERTED HIS FATHER’S OLD TANNING SHED INTO A SCHOOLHOUSE FOR HIS CHILDREN.
HIS WIFE MILDRED, A PHOTOGRAPHER, IS THE TEACHER.
IT IS A COLLECTION OF MONTES THREE AND WALDORF.
I APPRECIATE THEIR PASSIONS AND I URGE THEM TO LEARN OTHER LANGUAGES AND ABOUT OTHER CULTURES.
DO A LOT WITH MAVS AND SOCIAL STUDIES.
ANTHONY: THEY ARE FOLLOWING A LONG FAMILY TRADITION.
>> WE WERE HOMESCHOOLED RIGHT HERE.
THERE WAS NO PLOW ROAD AT THE TIME, BUT WE LOVED IT.
ANTHONY: HE WENT OFF TO BATES COLLEGE AND BECAME A TEACHER, BUT HE FELT THE POOL OF TRUE NORTH.
THE WIDER WORLD -- SETTING HIS MIND TO PRESERVING THIS WAY OF THE REINSTATING THE WILDERNESS THAT HAS NOT REALLY CHANGED OVER THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS.
>> MOST PLACES HAVE MODERNIZED, EVEN IN THE WINTERTIME.
IT IS EASIER TO RUN WATER LINES AND HAVE THE TOILETS INSIDE.
WE FEEL IT IS IMPORTANT TO GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STEP AWAY FROM THAT.
ANTHONY: MEANWHILE, THERE IS WORK TO DO.
A TYPICAL WORKDAY COULD RUN 14 HOURS OR MORE, BUT LUCKILY HE HAS A LITTLE BIT OF HELP.
OSCAR STEPS IN AND TAKES COMMAND , HELPING HIS FATHER THEY TRACKS FOR THE CROSS COUNTRY SKIERS.
>> ONCE YOU PUT HIM ON IT, THAT IS ALL HE WANTS TO DO.
SHAYNA: THE SNOWMOBILES ARE USED ONLY FOR UTILITY, TRANSPORTING BAGGAGE LODGE TO LODGE, AND GROOMING SKI TRACKS.
ERIC STIRLING ACTUALLY BOUGHT A SECOND LITTLE SNOWMOBILE FOR