The Grand Lake Lodge

To start off this turning over a new leaf thing I'd like to tell you a little bit about where I'm working and living this summer. I received the job of The Historic Grand Lake Lodge Gift shop Manager in June and I will be working here until mid September. The lodge was built in 1920 and was owned by the James Family until this year. It's an amazing piece of property that is beautiful and filled with history. You can come here and rent cabins with the best view in Grand County, browse our gift shop filled with home decor, bath soaps/scents, souvenirs and clothing or eat in our 4 star restaurant. We have employees from China, Mongolia, Jamaica, Turkey, and all over the States. It's a lot of fun working with such a diverse group of people because you get a taste of places you've never been. Most of the employees live in little cabin shacks located on property-which are no where near 4 start but it's an experience! Living here opens the door to meeting all sorts of people, seeing animals in our front yard in the morning such as bear, moose, deer, elk and fox. A lot of us even have the luxury of acquiring little chipmunks as occasional visitors and food stealer's.

These are some of our cabins and our view of Mt. Baldy in the background.

And this is just half of what we get to look at everyday. 90 years ago this place was filled with green trees and didn't have anything built on it. Amazing how much things change.

Grand County is a beautiful place filled with horseback riding, dirtbikes and 4wheel trails, plenty of water for boating, and a local ski mountain in Winter Park. If you're ever in the area, just over the mountain from Denver is a whole different world!