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Spencer Christensen

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
329 total appearances

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Living The Red Life
From Bankrupt to Mountain Empire Builder

I mean, that high, we get a lot of thunderstorms.

Living The Red Life
From Bankrupt to Mountain Empire Builder

A couple of years ago, we were in the main lodge and it sounded like artillery fire outside.

Living The Red Life
From Bankrupt to Mountain Empire Builder

Lightning struck the lodge and also struck a tree right next to it.

Living The Red Life
From Bankrupt to Mountain Empire Builder

And the tree was huge.

Living The Red Life
From Bankrupt to Mountain Empire Builder

I mean, at the base is probably four feet.

Living The Red Life
From Bankrupt to Mountain Empire Builder

Well, the lightning bolt definitely wasn't.

Living The Red Life
From Bankrupt to Mountain Empire Builder

It totally destroyed the tree.

Living The Red Life
From Bankrupt to Mountain Empire Builder

It's your time to go.

Living The Red Life
From Bankrupt to Mountain Empire Builder

I mean, there's tons of trees up there.

Living The Red Life
From Bankrupt to Mountain Empire Builder

So it's just the one.

Living The Red Life
From Bankrupt to Mountain Empire Builder

It's still a beautiful place.

Living The Red Life
From Bankrupt to Mountain Empire Builder

But yeah, there's just a ton of challenges running a lodge in a pretty remote place that high up in the mountains.

Living The Red Life
From Bankrupt to Mountain Empire Builder

So we have two different kinds of clientele.

Living The Red Life
From Bankrupt to Mountain Empire Builder

The first type of person that we have is the scenic byway traveler.

Living The Red Life
From Bankrupt to Mountain Empire Builder

And this is summertime, mostly.

Living The Red Life
From Bankrupt to Mountain Empire Builder

Oh, right on.

Living The Red Life
From Bankrupt to Mountain Empire Builder

So we're a little off of I-70, which obviously is a major corridor.

Living The Red Life
From Bankrupt to Mountain Empire Builder

And then we're on a scenic byway.

Living The Red Life
From Bankrupt to Mountain Empire Builder

It's called Highway 65.

Living The Red Life
From Bankrupt to Mountain Empire Builder

And we're about 30 to 45 minutes off of I-70.