Ski House (December 2002)

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This is the ski house that Holly and I are sharing a winter lease in this year. We are sharing it with about ten folks from Tellme. It is located up in Truckee, which is on the right shore of Lake Tahoe. The house is really close to Northstar at Tahoe and pretty close to the Boreal, Squaw Valley, Alpine, Sugar Bowl, and Homewood ski resorts.

The ski house is a cozy little cabin. Kyle, Holly, and I took a trip up there in early December to pick up the keys and do a little early season skiing. I took some photographs so the folks who didn't make it up would know what they were missing.

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The driveway and the garage	To the right of the garage, the walkway leading to the front door	The staircase in front of the front door, including scary hanging antlers	Straight up the front door staircase

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The view from standing on the front porch	Staircase leading up to the rear deck	The deck, strewn with tree litter	This patio door leads into the dining room

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A strange piece of art made of sea shells, plus a barbecue supply cabinet that looks like a tree stump	Down the back stairs of the rear deck, with the crawl space door to the left	A badly blurry view into the front anteroom	Another blurry shot of the washer and dryer in the anteroom

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One small bedroom with two twin beds is downstairs	Across from the downstairs bedroom is a bathroom with a shower	The main living area, the dining room and living room	The dining room, which faces the rear deck

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A decent Philips TV and some ancient A/V equipment are in the living room	The highlight of the living room, a wood-burning stove	A little firewood storage area next to the stove	A shot of the wood-burning stove in action!

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The damper is on the lower right of the stove. Note that the stove is held up by gnomes.	The kitchen, which is pretty decent. Amenities include a dishwasher and microwave	Blurry view of the stairway leading upwards	The skylight over the stairway, looking down from upstairs

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The master bedroom upstairs, which has a king bed and a double, has a beautiful window that looks out into the forest	The door to the other upstairs bedroom	The bed in that bedroom	That bedroom is smaller but more featureful. It has a chair...

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...and a writing desk with some old pictures on it...	...and an ancient, but functional, television

I forgot to take photographs of closet spaces. The downstairs bedroom has a small clothes closet, plus a really tiny linen closet with a midget-sized door. Both of the upstairs bedrooms have large open closet areas. There is a small pantry near the kitchen, plus lots of cabinet space in the kitchen. All of it is filled with old kitchenware and old, somewhat sketchy looking food. I also forgot to take a picture of the upstairs bathroom, which also has a shower in it.

Andrew Ho (andrew@zeuscat.com)