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If you\u2019ve ever sat around our warm firepit and seen the beautiful memorial plaques, you might be wondering about how this all came to be.\u00a0 There IS a special story behind it\u2026<\/p>\n
The Pavilion at Mountain View… the story of “Carol’s Dream”<\/p>\n
Carolyn Vincentini, or Carol, as most people knew her, owned Mountain View Lodge for almost 16 years before she left us on 10\/21\/08.\u00a0 As so many guests who are now known as “family” will tell you, Carol made her guests feel like this was home.\u00a0 She had some dreams that she wanted to see come to life before she left; dreams that were intended to take care of the needs of the “family” that she was leaving behind.\u00a0 In the Winter and Spring of 2007\/08, the entire building was renovated with new, warm & welcoming colors, amenities and special touches; the pool, hot tub and their area were completely rebuilt.\u00a0 Those were important things.\u00a0 And, it was a family project; we did most of the work ourselves!\u00a0 That made it special.<\/p>\n
But, Carol’s dream had always been to have a nice covered area, maybe a fire pit and some barbeques for the “family” who came to stay at The Lodge.\u00a0 No one ever listened to that dream of hers much… or there was always something else to do.\u00a0 But one day, I found a picture she had drawn and her idea was born again.\u00a0 She had always made comments about how nice something like that would be.\u00a0 She just knew it was the ticket!<\/p>\n
So when we knew “Mom” was leaving, it kind of became her bucket list.\u00a0 She did the drawings, told us exactly where she wanted it, picked out the fire pit and all the kitchen appliances, gave me the directions and hired the contractor to help make it happen.\u00a0 Then she said, “it’s time to get your dad out here to build the kitchen!”\u00a0 And we did!<\/p>\n
It was her dream all the way down to those picnic tables in the Pavilion… Gerry and I took her to dinner at Lake Chelan Winery (they have the same great tables) about two weeks before she left.\u00a0 She looked closely at them and said to us, “I want those in my Pavilion!”\u00a0 We said, “you got it, Mom!”<\/p>\n
A big group of MVL \u201cFamily\u201d (yes long-time guests of the Lodge) gave up their time to come over and help get the project \u201coff the ground.\u00a0 Mom, or Carol, got to see the “groundbreaking” being performed by many people who loved her before she left us.<\/p>\n
So many more wonderful people contributed to Carol’s Dream. Uncle Dave, Virginia and Kelly kept the Lodge running smoothly.\u00a0 Jedidiah Wick was the contractor who helped me make everything work.\u00a0 My brother, Shannon, and my husband, Gerry, put in many hours making all the “little things” go together.\u00a0 My friend Tom came over from Seattle just to help us do the beautiful tile work.\u00a0 My son, Kelly, along with our Gabriel Castro, who are the technical wizards of the family, planned and orchestrated all the media out there and my cousin Andi’s husband, Derek, came out and did all the media wiring for us.\u00a0 Our local lifesaver, Dick Manski, came at the drop of a hat to do the demanding electrical system that Mom wanted, and Julio, from Shaw Plumbing, became a “part of the family!”\u00a0 A very talented man by the name of Darren Klinginsmith came to do the beautiful, hand poured and stained concrete counter tops and a friend, Bruce Johnson, of a long time MVL guest and now local friend, Joe King, came down and did the stucco for us.\u00a0 And, of course, Dad built the kitchen.\u00a0 It’s just perfect!<\/p>\n
I know Mom is happy… if you are a guest of Mountain View Lodge, an “official family member” as we’d like to think of you, and you are enjoying your home away from home here with us… she’s smiling down at you.<\/p>\n
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