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PAII Conference in Austin, Texas
We spent this week at the annual conference of PAII – the Professional Association of Innkeepers International – in Austin, TX learning about trends in the industry. We picked up a number of great ideas, we had a wonderful chance to network with other innkeepers around the country, and had some fun as well! Watch our ongoing blogs for updates…
Our Valentine’s Day guests got a breakfast treat! Listen to local quartet ”The Barre Tones” sing “How do you like your eggs in the morning”.
Great snow!
“Yabba-Dabba-Dooooooooooo!” 12-16 inches of NEW SNOW since yesterday morning and it is still snowing and snowing hard. No kidding, Vermont is really beautiful this time of year! It looks like this will be THE weekend to come to the Mad River Valley and ski Mad River Glen, Sugarbush or do some cross country or snowshoeing at Ole’s or Blueberry Lake. Of course West Hill House is a great place to stay – we’re just a short distance from each of the ski areas. Come enjoy winter with us.
Skiing at Sugarbush
Ski it if you can! New for 2010 – when you stay during the week for 2 or more nights you can enjoy a Mad River Glen ski pass for $30 per day. (2 tickets per room max.) Plus, if Mad River Glen is closed for any reason we will give you $20 per day per room towards lift tickets at Sugarbush.
Then we have the amazingly flexible Ski-the-Valley package, which offers a great way to try all the skiing that the Mad River Valley offers. When you stay two or more weekday nights (Sunday through Thursday) we can add a multi-day weekday (Monday through Friday) Ski the Valley ski pass for up to the same number of days at a very attractive daily rate. The pass lets you go straight to the lifts at Mad River Glen and Sugarbush, and ski at Olé’s Cross Country ski resort – all on the same day if you wish!
Click on the photo for even more information. Note that these offers are not available during holidays.
In addition to telling almost everything we can think about regarding West Hill House and the surrounding area, our website also has some useful links to other travel information.
Check these out for information on other B&Bs around the US and Canada that we can personally recommend, and for information about Scotland.
Almost every guest at West Hill House asks Peter about planning a visit to Scotland, or reminisces about visits already made. If you are interested in Scotland the links provide a good intro to helpful information and photos, but come and stay with us to talk some more…
The photo is of the famous Loch Ness. Click on it to be transported to Scotland!
Long Trail in winter - by Kelly & Paul
Access to the Trail is just a few minutes from West Hill House.
Most guests hike on it in the summer months, but Kelly & Paul had a magnificent outing in the December snow and sun – and then Paul proposed at the top of Mt Abraham!
Click on the photo to see more of their outing in our photo gallery.
This Christmas at West Hill House we were delighted to have two musical families staying with us.
Here are Rick & Ben, accompanied by Rick’s daughter Nicole on the pump organ, singing a Carol on Christmas day in the Sun Room, just before dinner.
Jerry Carving the Turkey
Gathered around our big dining room table, our guests joined with us and enjoyed a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with turkey and all the trimmings. One of our guests was a professional meat cutter and volunteered to carve the turkey.
The evening was an enjoyable mix of good food, good company, and new friendships.
We also have a special dinner on Christmas Day and a Burns Supper on the Saturday closest to January 25th each year.
Lunch time visitor
We never cease to be amazed by the beauty that surrounds us here at West Hill House. The sun through the bare branches of the trees, the clouds that float overhead, the stately pines that blow in the wind, the numerous birds and small animals that scurry around preparing for winter, the list goes on. Yesterday we took this photo through the Sun Room window. While we were having lunch two beautiful deer appeared in our garden not more than 25 feet from us. One ambled over to our pond while the other stopped for a photo op. These two are helping us with the fall clean-up as windfall apples are throughout the garden and the deer seem to enjoy making a stop in our garden for their fruit. It is breath-taking to see these wonderful creatures up close!
