Winter Park, Colorado, USA

August 20, 2022

Winter Park and Vail are both ski resorts in Colorado but that is about where the similarity ends. Vail is large, upscale and faux-European. Winter Park, on the other hand, is smaller, decidedly American and definitely not upmarket. However, it will always hold a special place in our hearts because that is where we met. During the 1982-83 ski season, we both worked at small rustic Miller’s Inn. Winter Park was even smaller then it is now but we had a great group of friends and we managed to keep ourselves entertained. It is hard to believe that forty years have now passed since that time. The Inn’s main building burnt down a number of years ago, and the various cabins have now been converted in affordable housing, but the Miller’s Inn sign was still there as were the other buildings. It truly was a trip down memory’s lane.