I’m Baaaack and oh what a summer it has been. Here’s a few things that haven’t been reported in the past couple of months (partly because I’ve been busy and mostly because I wasn’t sure I should admit it.).
Every time you think you’ve seen it all……….
– A guest finds animal teeth in a dresser drawer. Upon further review, it turns out it is a human tooth broken in two pieces, from a small child, hidden away by the parents, who forgot to put the quarter under the pillow.
-The employees throw a going away party for Sara and the building manager gets a call for a noise disturbance. He doesn’t answer the phone because he just fell into the pool after celebrating a victory in a beer pong match.
-Rob travels to Australia with a group representing the Town of Vail to “sell” our resort and never had a chance to play golf.
-While the rest of the country is suffering in record setting heat and humidity, Vail is 71 degrees with puffy white clouds.
-For whatever reason the New York Stock Exchange is boiling over, freezing and boiling over again but our winter bookings are ahead of last year. Go figure.
-We have purchased and placed new lobby furniture which includes amongst other items, leather couches (smells good). We also have new carpet in the lobby and elsewhere (that smells good too).
-My son got married in Vail and the Antlers served as host for all of our guests. As an outsider looking in for once, this is a great place to have a Vail wedding. (I’m coming back and I’m staying at the Antlers.)
-A squatter moves into the Antlers and goes unnoticed for 3 days. He is seen only at night between the hours of 10 and 12 PM rummaging through the garbage cans. Finally we set a trap and catch the little rascal. The raccoon is relocated to another property.
-Isabelle, Magda and Tony’s daughter, has turned one year old and she is already familiar with RDP (our reservation software). We plan on having her cover some vacation slots when she is needed.
-Darci adopted a dog for her daughter Mariah. He is 3 inches long and weighs 7 ounces and is still growing. He was “misplaced” a while back but Joel found him later in Mariah’s school lunch bag between 2 oreoes.
-Mark is back for the winter season. He returneth from the bed and breakfast in Sicily, Italy and can still brew some of the best lobby coffee in Vail. I walk up there every day for another cup of “Markbucks”.
-Amy has been doing mountain bike races every weekend this summer. She has been very careful and avoids crashes because the doctor told her one more mis-hap and they will need to do a body transplant.
It’s nearing the end of August and as it goes “what happened to the summer?” Labor Day weekend is closing in and the Fall Season will surely bring new stories and adventures to the Antlers. Personally, I look forward to the additional compliment of owners that arrive for that particular weekend.
Let the pen write and the story be told.
Greg
