Amy has been living in Steamboat Springs for about three years now, but always with the idea that it was just temporary, so she never bothered to buy a home. This made it very easy to move into million dollar accomodations when she was made an offer to rent/house-sit that she couldn't refuse. A family living on the east coast bought a stunning log home in Steamboat last year but won't be ready to move in until this summer. They knew Amy and asked her to live there while they got their things in order. She's had a run of visitors non-stop and we were among the lucky to be invited.
If you've ever wondered what a million dollars can buy you in a small resort town in the Rocky Mountains, the answer is 'a lot.' The wow factor on this place just does not stop. The ground level consists of a two car garage, an entry/lobby perfect for depositing all kinds of winter equipment like skis, clothes, snowshoes and boots, two large built in closets and a huge bedroom suite with jetted tub. Our friend, Martin, who was with us for a ski holiday from London, got to enjoy that room. It has French doors leading out into the front yard and a small pot bellied stove. Very cozy.
The first floor houses two living areas, the kitchen, the dining room, the master suite, a sauna and acesss the deck and hot tub. Luke took to the hot tub immediately, but it took Tim a day before he decided it was something worth exploring. We kept the temperature down for their visits in the afternoon while the men skiied, and Tim told me that it wasn't a hot tub but a warm tub. When Martin and Paul joined them, they slowly increased the heat so that by the time the boys were ready to leave the men were able to enjoy a long, hot soak with mulled wine to boot.
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| the front room with walk around fireplace |
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| the tv room with deck out to hot tub, taken from the loft |
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| the tv room |
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| the boys enjoying the hot tub - the outside temperature was below freezing |
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| tim and luke with their new best friend martin |
The second floor has two bedrooms, a full bathroom, and a loft all connected. There is another loft off of the tv room that can only be accessed from the tv room. The amount of space in the house is disturbing at first but by the middle of the following day, we'd grown into it and were full of ideas for how to use the now empty lofts. My favorite room is the kitchen with a connecting laundry room. I could spend whole days there and not even cook a thing.
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| paul enjoying the famous champagne powder of steamboat springs |
There hasn't been much snow in our mountains this year, but as usual, Paul's luck held and Steamboat got several inches of fresh snow just in time for our trip. While he and Martin got to know every inch of the slopes, the boys and I luxuriated in Amy's home. Thank you Amy for a great holiday.
