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Returning from a week in Florida and Killington is open!

Snowed Inn — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:52:10 +0000

The past week has definitely been a study in contrasts. Manfred and I were very fortunate to be able to slip away for a week to the sun and sand of Florida. The weather was so kind to us-a cold front had chased away the humidity and presented us with hot, but not oppressive temps, and we appreciatively played and relaxed to our hearts’ content. When we flew home last Wednesday we left behind 80 degrees and sun. On our first day back in Killington we were greeted with an all-day snow storm, the forecast is now for a major storm to hit us last night, and Killington Resort has opened for skiing! Extremes? Yes. Manfred is busy finishing up the “fall” clean-up in the snow, and at the same time getting us winterized. He’ll be tuning our skis before you know it. The perfect transition to the winter season? Absolutely! Returning to normal on an accelerated schedule is just what the doctor ordered, and we are soooo ready to welcome winter and all of our guests who love the Vermont and Killington winter experience. Thanksgiving is just around the corner, as is the terrific Killington Festival of Trees. I have a fun idea for our tree theme this year and am gathering the decorations to put it all together for the weekend of December 10^th at the Killington Grand Hotel. So bring it on, Father Winter-we are ready for you!

Cliché of the week-“Yes, you CAN get here from there!”

Snowed Inn — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:09:26 +0000

But it’s true-Killington is officially no longer an island. If I had decided for some reason before Irene not to leave Killington for three weeks, it wouldn’t have been an issue, but when you realize you CAN’T leave, it becomes a whole different story. In a mere 18 days an unprecedented collaboration of local contractors (our unsung heroes), state agencies, FEMA workers and National Guardsmen rebuilt the east-west corridor through Vermont, Route 4. What an accomplishment! Going to the grocery store has taken on a whole new significance. Now the new buzzword for me is NORMAL, and step by step we are getting there. Normal means celebrating and enhancing our brand new website, supervising the design and production of our soon to appear new brochures, creating fall and winter packages, buying mums for fall decoration, and (hopefully) welcoming lots of fall foliage guests, because YOU CAN GET HERE FROM THERE! It even means welcoming the surprise visit from the AAA inspector and gratefully hearing that not only have we passed with flying colors and maintained our 3 diamond rating, but we have once again earned an “A” grade for housekeeping, which he told me is a relatively infrequent accomplishment. Even building a giant elephant out of hay feels oddly normal, and that feels really good.