Hi. I’m Ben Benton from Flagstaff, Arizona. I believe that you will enjoy my daily journal from Winter Park, Colorado, Ski Resort during Christmas break 1999-2000. I left downtown Flagstaff Wednesday morning, December 22 with my skis, duffle, and laptop computer, and ended up at Snoasis, a lodge midway up the mountain in Winter Park. My journal will continue through the first week of January. You’ll read about Winter Park Ski Resort, Snoasis, Sunspot Lodge, the great people who work here, and anything else I can think of to write about.

I’m the author of “National Park Employment Data,” a guide to working in national parks, which is available for purchase on my web site at www.gorp.com/nped/. I’ve been working in national parks and ski areas off and on for over twenty years.

Because I want the data in my book to always be fresh, I continually test the concepts, employers, and tips that I provide. I first worked at Winter Park in the late 70s while I was a student at Arizona State University.

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Friday, December 31, 1999

Happy New Year

Getting off work at 4:30, I logged on the Internet to read the news to see how the Y2K rollover was coming along. I was pleased to read that no major problems were happening.

Those staying at Snoasis gathered in the main kitchen after work to get ready for the big evening. I started taking pictures in the kitchen as everyone rummaged through the walk-in for some dinner.

Some headed down to Winter Park and others just hung out on the main floor where the TVs played the countdown to the new millennium.

The new year pictures have been added to the Snoasis photo page, with the last picture occurring around 12:30 or 1:00 A.M. (Jessica riding in the dumbwaiter — hey, its new year’s eve, right?).

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