The Weekender Cabin

12/06/2024

~ 5️⃣ YEARS AGO TODAY is the day we closed on, received keys for, and spent our first night in what would eventually become The Weekender. ~

December 6, 2019.

There was always some doubt: Had we made a mistake? What did we do?! There were days I would feel like the place might defeat us. Thankfully those weren't the same days Bryan would feel the same defeat. Many sleepless nights were had.

But five years later, here we stand--hundreds of guests later--with something to show for it. We still pinch ourselves. And still have the occasional restless night.

Our 100th 5-star Airbnb review came recently. Doesn't seem like much to some; but to us, it is so dear. If you haven't yet experienced the magic of The Weekender, ski season cometh soon, and it beckons.

11/30/2024

We MIGHT have a gnome problem. Somehow we went from 1 to 7 over the last year, for various reasons. Maybe they're getting to know each other too well? Anyhoo, Thanksgiving--that 'dreadful' holiday that gets in the way of Christmas after Halloween--is finally over, so we can decorate now. Look for these guys when you visit.

Is it possible to have a gnome coup?

08/19/2024

Just ordered a fresh stack of stickers from on ... can't wait!

07/26/2024

06/28/2024

🚙 It's been a rough last-half of the week for us Weekenders.

My (Sharon's) car broke down as I was coming back from running an errand on the way up the 7D mountain on one of the switchbacks. Definitely not ideal. There was a loud bang and it felt like something was dragging (but nothing was). Thought it was dirt-nap for the transmission, we'll see.

Fortunately I was able to slowly drive it up to the top while Seven Devils maintenance followed me so I wouldn't get hit from behind as I was just *creeping* up the mountain. I parked it up by the condos while Bryan--who was working remotely at the cabin--walked to meet me.

We needed to rent a car to drive back to Charlotte so we could fetch Bryan's car ... and fortunately we ran into neighbors driving past who gave him a lift to pick up the rental. (WHO KNEW you could rent a 2013 Hyundai Genesis from the Golf place in Foscoe?!) We left my car parked overnight at the condos (see the note?) and drove back to Charlotte, exhausted.

We had to bring the rental back to Boone the next day (apparently no one-way rentals are available in this area?? ¯⁠\⁠(⁠°⁠_⁠o⁠)⁠/⁠¯).

We managed to get my car towed into Boone where they are currently diagnosing it. We then drove back to Charlotte last night because we have incoming guests arriving today! Too much driving over this 24-hour period, but honestly things could have been worse.

I *LOVE* my car although she's getting to be a little old biddy. She's a 2009 Nissan Murano pushing 170k miles and been oursteadfast daily, Billy goat extraordinaire, and travel companion for FIFTEEN yearsI really don't want another car, and we've already dumped a lot of money into it this year.

Please say some prayers for my Murano that she comes home instead of having to put her out to pasture 😢

05/20/2024

Notice anything new?

05/07/2024

The plants are back! Fun fact: these plants have been in Charlotte over the winter. Each year we buy new outdoor plants and of course they die in winter, well, cuz it's winter. What a waste of plants and money!

We loved the plants we purchased last year as they really thrived. We had an idea to try to save them for the following spring and it worked on 3 out of 4 plants.

They lived inside our Charlotte home this past winter. Once the days got warmer, we'd move them to the outside - just during the day. Eventually we moved them outside day and night. The night temp in Seven Devils is finally warm enough,so they are back home where they belong - Seven Devils!

04/08/2024

🎂 HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHARON! I've arranged something special for you on your birthday today. I colluded with the Illuminati to bring a partial eclipse of the sun. Don't ask questions, just enjoy it.

📸 For those watching from home, here's the photos I grabbed using my Google Pixel phone, behind eclipse viewing glasses

03/06/2024

We ❤️our guests and we ❤️ reading their reviews! Thank you to all our guests who continue to give us outstanding 5* reviews. We and The Weekender appreciate you!

We are also very fortunate to have a wonderful cleaning team, hot tub maintenance team and trash pick up team. We appreciate their hard work, support and dedication - we couldn't do this without them! 🙏🙏🙏

02/29/2024

🫧Thanks to the guest who left Dr. Teals foaming bath on our little shelf adjacent to our freestanding bathtub! We liked the addition so much that--when it ran out--we purchased more and decided to add it to our list of amenities we supply. BUBBLE BATH FOR ALL! 🛁

02/22/2024

Fresh flowers for our next guests!

01/19/2024

🥶 We know that a lot of high country goers out there just LOVE the snow. But would ya look at this? Sure, she's pretty all dressed in white but yeesh it's BLUE COLD and only getting colder. I mean it snowed UNDER the house. UNDER.

🧊 It's 1️⃣9️⃣°F now and only getting colder with a nighttime low of 5️⃣° tonight, high of only 🔟° tomorrow, and 2️⃣° tomorrow night. Like, why do those 2️⃣° even bother showing up for work?

⛸️ Oh. And they just closed the only route in and out of Seven Devils until further notice due to 'unsafe conditions', there's a first for us as hosts.

❄️ Cheers for total accumulations expected from 2-6", but mad jeers for the wind chills of -🔟 & -20°, I just can't.

And I know a lot of our northern Airbnb hosts are laughing at us, and that's okay 😂 go right ahead, we're thick skinned.

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