Birthday Bash Part 2

Many of the party attendees stayed in the newly completed hostel across the street from Rolf's. 

This place deserves a description.  At one time it was the Alta Hotel, a sort of flophouse.  After that it was a brothel and more recently had been unoccupied.  

After running an outdoor adventure business in Argentina for many years, Zack, who rents a cabin from Rolf next door, bought it and he has spent the last four years painstakingly renovating it to create affordable lodgings for tourists.  Zack is quite an amazing character.  Maybe 40, and seemingly laid back and a little spacey, he is very detail oriented and extremely thorough, pretty much learning the renovation business as he went.  Now his partner, Abbey, is taking a role looking after the housekeeping details. Truckee gets a lot of visitors who come for the many outdoor activities:  skiing, hiking, rafting, mountain biking and, other than camping, there are no budget accommodations.  This place should go gangbusters. 

 

Floors in the kitchen and common area are old newspapers with a verathane covering.  

 

It really wasn't open for business yet but close enough that our party people could stay there and we were able to use the big kitchen, 

common area 

and deck for expanded festivities. 

A bed in the dorm, cubby with big storage unit at the foot of the bed.

The pocket doors in the bathroom were required to be self closing.  Instead of installing the usual electronic device at some cost and effort, Zack devised this simple pulley and weight system.

  

The bar.

Zack and Abbey are lovely people and it was nice to include them in the party.  I think he is a bit hesitant to open, afraid that the tourists will mess up his nice place.