This is where we bring you our online version of our annual newsletter. Anyone on our mailing list will have already seen all this news.
The Mount Elbert Rag
2006 Newsletter
(and here you were hoping it was a song you could sing around the house to take you back to the mountains.)
We thank you all for another GREAT year!
Yes, this is coming to you from Laura, Scott and Family. We are still very much in residence and the lodge is still “For Sale.” In September we listed with Tom Driemeyer of Keller Williams as we decided we didn’t have the time or expertise to satisfactorily promote the sale. If you are interested in this wonderful business opportunity or know someone that would be, please contact Tom at 877-799-1910, or for more information visit: http://www.rockymountaindreamhome.com/MtElbertLodge.html.
In the mean time, while we wait for the perfect buyer to come along, remember it’s “business as usual” so we remind you to get your summer reservations in early for the best selection of cabins and dates. While you are at it, book a winter escape as well. The snow is coming in steadily as a wonderful mountain storm just left us 8” of new gorgeous powder snow so grab your winter gear and come on up. For all you weekend warriors, this winter, dining out in the evenings is available just 4 miles away. The Nordic Lodge is open Friday and Saturday nights featuring Elk, Bison and Trout entrees.
Back by popular demand: The Weekend Madness Special
Last year’s Weekend Madness Special was such a hit that we have brought it back around. Book a Friday & Saturday night stay in one of our cabins and add Sunday night for only $60. That’s at least a 25% discount off the weekend rate. Imagine the bliss: not having to head home with the traffic, saving money and another day of peace, quiet, beauty and solitude in the mountains. Give it a try. Sorry, this special is not available on holiday weekends.
Happenings around the Lodge
In this note, we always like to keep you posted on what’s changed around the lodge. Last spring we refinished the floors in Trails End and they look so nice that Laura is hoping to do Beaver Lodge and the B&B rooms this winter. May be a bit ambitious for a lady that is dragging the oxygen bottle around but she‘s talking a big line in December.
On a totally new front, we added wireless Internet to the lodge mix. The service can be picked up at all the lower cabins, Waterwheel and Rinker; on good days Cinnamon Bear too. So bring up your laptop or use the computer in the office for much faster email checking now.
Gift Certificates:
Please remember to make plans to redeem your gift certificates this year. If you have a certificate that has expired, give us a call and we will redeem it anyway, anytime this winter. So come on up, have a nice break from the usual, and use those certificates!!!
Twin Lakes Winter Calendar
Plans are afoot for a number of fun events to be held in Twin Lakes this winter. We invite you to stay with us when you attend.
January 13th: Twin Lakes Winter Fest with snow sculpture competition and a chili, stew, soup, bread and dessert potluck. Come on up and try your hand at advanced snowman making!
February 14th: Sweethearts Snowshoe, The 13th is the full moon so the 14th will be ideal to come up, enjoy a Sweetheart dinner at the Nordic Lodge and a moonlight snowshoe across the lake.
April: Plan to attend the Twin Lakes Culinary Arts Fair
May: Art Fest: Join various artists for a day of hints, tips and just plain fun.
These events should be a lot of fun.
You can find more information about them at VisitTwinLakesColorado.com or call us.
Family News:
Another traditional bit of our newsletter is where you have to hear what we are all up to. At this writing, we are all very happy and healthy and anxiously looking forward to a wonderful new year with all the twists and turns that may come with it.
This year, Scott has been able to enjoy more golf and fishing than ever before. He’s fished a couple of times up in Wyoming as well as lots of day escapes to fish on the Arkansas River just down the road.
Kendrick, now a Senior at Lawrence University, will be heading to London in March to study there for a term.
Laura, always of the itchy feet, would love to visit the British Isles and while Kendrick is there seems the perfect opportunity....hmmmm.
Lewis, now 14 had fun running cross-country this fall and continues to study the oboe. He is quite happy that no one has purchased the lodge yet as he isn’t sure he is ready to move on to other adventures.
We do hope this missive finds you and yours well, prosperous and happy and would like to thank you again for your patronage. We hope your path may lead you here again in the coming year.
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