Winter has arrived in a fury! Today we are getting our first major snow storm of the season. Last year by November 17th we already had a three foot base of snow. Winter is getting a late start this year, but his storm is making up for it. It has been hammering hard for 4 hours now, and we have about 7+ inches of snow in the parking lot.
The snow camera is live on our website now! Check it out here. Today has been windy, so it only shows that we have 5 1/2 inches. When we get more snow, we will be able to put up the snow screen. Then it'll be more accurate.
If you are on snapchat, you should be following me for live updates: @venusfairies ~ of course I mix in snaps of our cat Otto and cooking... Life on the Mesa!
Our summer and fall went by quickly! We have been working hard on upgrading the cabins. A few cabins now have new(er) mattresses. We painted some exteriors, interiors, and added some new quilts and blankets. Have you ever bought 150+ new towels? It is expensive! Even with a discount. But it is a nice amenity for our cabin guests to have all new fluffy towels! Also somewhat new is supplying our guests with soaps and shampoos. We used to tell people to bring their own personal soaps, but now we have some! We are trying to make it so that the only thing you need to bring is groceries.
Here you can see how we painted the bathroom in cabin 6.
In cabin 8, I redid the bathroom with pallets. It turned out so amazing! I pulled apart pallets, cut, sanded, stained, and polyurethaned the wood before putting it up on the walls. The texture is great, and each piece of wood soaked in the stain differently, so even though each piece had the same stain, it turned out so varied.
The next project is to use pallets in cabin number 10. If you have stayed in cabin 10, you know that it needs a little updating. We plan on putting pallet wood on the walls where the terrible pink wall paper is. The terrible green garden wall paper is safe. It's so bad that it is great! At least for now....
Here's your before picture. Keep posted for an after picture!
We are filling up with reservations for the winter! Make sure to book your cabin and snowmobile tour soon. We are already sold out for New Year's Eve and a few weekends in February. Hope to see you this winter!!
