WEBVTT WHITE MOUNTAINS, WHERE SHE FOUND PLENTY OF REASONS TO THINK ABOUT MAKING THE MOVE HERSELF. NICOLE: BUBBLING BROOKS, JUST VISIBLE THROUGH THE CREVICES OF SHATTERED ICE. A QUAINT MUCH OF A VILLAGE. A POSTCARD PERFECT VIEW OF NEW ENGLAND AT ITS BEST. JUST THREE HOURS NORTH OF BOSTON , YOU WILL FIND JACKSON, NEW HAMPSHIRE. YOU WILL KNOW YOU ARE HERE WHEN YOU SEE THIS RED COVERED BRIDGE. THEY CALL IT THE HONEYMOON BRIDGE. AFTER A FEW DAYS HERE, YOU MAY FALL IN LOVE. BE IT WITH THE MOUNTAIN VIEWS, OR THE COMMUTE TO WORK, THE CROSS-COUNTRY TRAILS OF THE JACKSON SKI TOURING FOUNDATION VOTED SOME OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ALAN CHANDLER SAYS IT IS A SIMPLE RECIPE. >> IT IS THE PEOPLE AND THE BEAUTIFUL TRAILS. NICOLE: 55 TRAILS MAKEUP 150 KILOMETERS OF NATURAL BEAUTY. >> IT WAS FOUNDED ALMOST 50 YEARS AGO BY SOME FORWARD THINKING BUSINESS MAN. IT HAS TURNED INTO A MAJOR HUB OF CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING. NICOLE: SKIS ARE NOT THE ONLY WAY TO GET AROUND HERE. THE TRAILS PROVIDE AN INTERSECTION FOR WINTER SPORTS AND 80 TOUR FROM EVERYDAY TRANSPORTATION. >> IT IS A NETWORK OF TRAILS WITHIN THE VILLAGE. PEOPLE COME DOWN FROM NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE BUSINESSES AND TOWNS. YOU CAN SKI FROM RESTAURANT TO RESTAURANT. NICOLE: SPEAKING OF RESTAURANTS. >> WE PINCH OURSELVES REGULARLY THAT WE GET TO BE HERE. NICOLE: A DREAM COME TRUE FOR HUSBAND AND WIFE JEFF AND KATE. AFTER A SUCCESSFUL RUN AS OWNERS OF 51 LINCOLN IN NEWTON, THEY WENT NORTH IN SEARCH OF CHANGE. >> EVENTUALLY WE SAID, LET’S GET OUT OF HERE. WE HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN AND WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON QUALITY OF LIFE. NICOLE: THEY FOUND IT ON FIVE ACRES IN THE HEART OF JACKSON, HOME TO THE THOMPSON HOUSE EATERY. >> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY ARE IN OUR HOUSE. IN THIS CASE IT IS ACTUALL TRUE. WE REALLY FEEL PASSIONATELY ABOUT GIVING PEOPLE A GOOD TIME AND REALLYBEING GREAT AT IT. NICOLE: FROM RED BAKED FRESH DAILY, HOMEMADE CHEESES, ICE CREAM, AND MOUTHWATERING DISHES, A DOWN-HOME FEEL, BUT STILL THAT CITY EDGE. >> WE CHANGE THE MENU JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY. NICOLE: SALADS WITH BASEMENT GROWN MANY GREENS. SALMON SOURCED FROM CHILLY. AND THEIR FAMOUS -- A SPECIAL APPEARANCE ON NIGHTS FILLED WITH MUSIC. THE CHILDREN, A CONSTANT PRESENCE. A REMINDER OF WHAT BROUGHT THEM HERE. >> MIXING REAL LIFE INTO THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS. >> WE LOVE THAT OFTENTIMES PEOPLE COME IN HERE HAPPY AND LEAVE REALLY, REALLY HAPPY. >> ♪ I’VE GOT THE SWEETEST APPLE CIDER ♪ >> YESTERDAY WAS A LITTLE SUNNY WHEN I STARTED. THE SKY IS ONE OF THE QUICKEST CHANGING THINGS IN THE LANDSCAPE. NICOLE: WHEN MOTHER NATURE PAINTS A LANDSCAPE LIKE THIS, ARTISTS CAN ONLY HOPE TO IMITATE HER. >> THIS IS A PAINTING DONE JUST WITH A PALETTE KNIFE. NICOLE: MELANIE HAS BEEN PLEIN AIR PAINTING IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS. >> THE NICE THING ABOUT THE KNIFE IS YOU CAN’T GET TOO PICKY WITH IT. NICOLE: WHERE THE ONLY CONSTANT IS A CHANGING VIEW. >> KIND OF ALWAYS CHASING THE LIGHT. ABOUT EVERY THREE HOURS IT IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SCENE. NICOLE: PART IS ALWAYS IMPERFECT PERFECTION. SOMETHING MELANIE DECIDED TO SHARE WITH VISITORS, OPENING UP JACKSON ART STUDIO. LOOK AT ALL THIS TALENT IN JACKSON. >> WE HAVE A LOT OF LOCAL ARTISTS. NICOLE: NOT ONLY IS IT A PLACE FOR LOCAL ARTISTS TO DISPLAY THEIR WORK, CLASSES OFFERED HERE RANGE FROM MOSAICS TO JEWELRY DESIGN, FROM BEGINNER TO WELL SKILLED. PERHAPS BLACK MOUNTAIN SHOULD HAVE BEEN NAMED BLUE. ONE OF THE OLDEST SKI AREAS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. WE STARTED IN 1935. YOU SKI IN THE SUN ALL DAY LONG. NICOLE: WITH 45 TRAILS AND FIVE LISTS, SKIERS CAN ENJOY A BIT OF HISTORY WHILE HITTING THE SLOPES. >> THE FIRST OVERHEAD CABLE LIFT IN THE UNITED STATES. NICOLE: OF COURSE, NO TOUR OF A SNOW-COVERED NEW HAMPSHIRE WOULD BE COMPLETE WITHOUT A ROARING FIRE. HERE AT NA LOOK, 25 ACRES OF ROMANTIC MAGIC. FROM THE ICE COVERED TWINKLING LIGHTS, TO SKATERS DESIGNING THEIR OWN SPECIAL MEMORIES, THIS IS A PLACE WHERE THE HORSE-DRAWN SLEIGH MEETS THE MAGIC OF A MOONLI