Stowe slaves

Yesterday we got to be enslaved by Stowe for free! It wasn't too bad...We raked out the culverts and spread some mulch on the top of the mountain. I found a bunch of little salamanders and a big spider! Stowe should have at least provided us with water though! They have so much money, they can afford to spare some water for some broke college students! The highlight of the trip was definitely going into the new lift terminal and checking out what a brand new lift looks like inside! It was different from any terminal that I've seen before and it was really neat! There's a place to walk down and go under the bullwheel if necessary for repairs and such. I had never seen that before but it looked like a great idea! We got to also go in the new ski patrol house to see the progress on that, and its looking pretty good! It was super warm in there and they hadn't even turned on their awesome heating system yet! We also got to visit the maintenance building which is pretty impressive! The new bus cat is really nice and we got to sit in it! They should add a service where they charge people to go for groomer rides in the bus cat. I would love to ride around in that thing! I can't wait to have next Thursday off! :-)

Burke and Skate Jam

This week was exciting! On Thursday, we met up at Burke to put the seat pads on the Willoughby chair to get it ready for SNOW! Our class wanted to get it done as quickly as possible so we could go home...and they did! An hour and 35 minutes to get seat pads on all of the chairs...Schweeet! Our class worked so well together as a team! I was super impressed! I got to separate all the bungee cords...that was fun haha it made the time pass by quickly though. Yesterday, we had the chili cook off and skate jam event which seemed to be really successful. I was outside with Linds, Brent, Layla, and a few others working at the table with the candy corn toss and guess the pumpkin weight. There was a good amount of people who participated. What made me really happy though is that I got to take care of Corey's love child Layla! Half pug, half Boston Terrier...cutest mix everrrr! I want one someday! I believe we will be digging water bars on Thursday at Stowe...should be interesting. I hope the weather isn't crappy like it alwaysss is on Thursdays!

Bretton Woods

Last Thursday, our class went to Bretton Woods. While I do appreciate the expansions and new constructions at all the other mountains we visited, it was nice to see a resort that is NOT under construction! We got to talk to a variety of the employees at Bretton Woods and they all had some cool things to talk about. We visited with the snowmaking guy and he showed us those crazy $100 bags of stuff they use to make good quality snow. They must have had thousands of dollars worth of this stuff! I never knew it existed until I saw it that day. The best part of the day was when we went to visit the Mt. Washington Hotel....talk about top-quality lodging! This place is hugeeee and very carefully crafted to be eye appealing and fancy! I heard that Ghost Hunters visited that hotel once which made the place more interesting. The Cave was a historical place during the prohibition where people would go to drink. There would be a person watching out for law enforcement to warn the drinkers if they were in danger of getting caught. The hotel had many awesome chandeliers that must be worth a lotttt of money and must have taken a long time to build. All in all, it was a sweet trip and I plan on going to Bretton Woods for practicum next semester!