Building a Killington Dream Lodge, Part 10 As the ski house we were building in Killington grew, I did, too, from age 7 on up. I entered adolescence and continued helping with various tasks. My latest assignment was pretty exciting […]
Category: Mountain Meditation
Crêpe breakfast tradition at sport hill
Building a Killington Dream Lodge: Part 9 Dad was on a mission to build our ski lodge so wasn’t thrilled by invitations to escape our Killington work camp. But Mom and I were elated and ready to get off “the […]
Our friend Ann Wallen, ‘Only in Vermont!’
My brother Billie met Ann Wallen when he attended Colton ski camp. Ann was helping out in the kitchen and knew we’d become friends, too. That was the week Dad bought our land under 6 feet of snow from Oren […]
Mountain Meditation: My double life and nearly opposite parents
Building our Killington Dream dream lodge, Part 7 I felt I was living a double life since everything happened Friday through Sunday. Returning to “normalcy” in New Jersey resembled acting in a surreal play. We knew once we crossed the […]
Challenges and Critters Building our Killington Dream Lodge, Part 6
We were making progress on Dad’s Killington dream lodge, but it was slow going with lots of delays, often due to frequent weather changes. Whenever it rained, water leaked onto the floor. When it was bitter cold, ice carpeted the […]
Mountain Meditation: The grand unveiling, midnight surprise and floor show
Building our Killington dream lodge, part 6 When the power company man climbed a tree to connect wires to our basement ski lodge, Mom planned a party to celebrate the grand occasion for which we’d been waiting. Mom selected a […]
Mountain Meditation: Our ice skating rink and potbelly stove
Building a Killington dream lodge, part 5 Mom and I perfected the art of dressing in bed when it was cold, which was quite often in Vermont’s Green Mountains. We giggled as we wiggled out of and into our clothing. […]
Mountain Meditation: Building a Killington Dream Lodge: Part 4
Flat tires, Dad’s right hand tomboy, roof leaks ad infinitum The year Dad bought two acres in Killington was when my older brother, Jack, left home for the University of New Hampshire to study forestry. Our brother Billie played high […]
The big move from tent to basement
Part 3 of a series on building our Killington dream lodge Every weekend and during vacations we fled to Vermont for more adventures while building the ski lodge Dad dreamed of. While residing in our tent in the woods, we cleared […]
Mountain Meditation: Setting up camp in the frozen north Building our Killington dream lodge, part two
Author’s note: This is part two of a series on the Dye family Vermont adventure. We always arrived in Killington late on our drive from New Jersey on the highways. After winding our way up dark mountain roads, we forded […]