Lögberg-Heimskringla - 01.03.2002, Blaðsíða 9

Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 1 Mars 2002 • page 9
The Gray Ghost Inn in Vermont
PHOTO COURTESY OF MORGUNBLAÐIÐ
Gray Ghost continued
from page 7
a few Icelanders have come to
the world of Gray Ghost Inn.
He says that he once calculated
that it is about one third cheap-
er for Icelanders to come to
them for a week of skiing than
go to the Italian Alps. "We are
two and a half hours drive from
Boston and about four and a
half hours drive from New
PHOTO COURTESY OF MORGUNBLAÐIÐ
Carina, Magnús and their daughters,
Emma and Natalie
course we offer skiing instruc-
tion. I still can't promise that
beginners will be able to go
down thf steepest hill around
here. It has a 37 degree angle
and it is the steepest hill on the
east coast of the USA."
Silungur á sumrin
Trout in the summer
There are two small towns
near Mount Snow, Willington
and West Dover where Gray
Ghost Inn is situated. Magnús
says that even though the
towns are small they have
many restaurants. He, himself,
makes breakfast for the guests
that stay in the twenty-six room
don't want down- Gray Ghost Inn. "We offer a
hill skis or snow hearty breakfast, American
boards can rent style, pancakes, bacon, sausage
cross-country and such like. It is a very good
skis, snowshoes, feeling how much people
snowmobiles or appreciate the personal touch."
horse sleds, Magnús is an enthusiastic
depending on how angler and teaches some of his
fast they want to guests fly fishing without
move. And of charge. "Here there are three
Translation froni lcelandic to English
þýðingar úr íslensku á ensku
• Genealogies / family trees
• Letters
• Obituaries
• Poems / short stories
Erla Anderson
M.A. Icelandic Language & Literature
Phone: 780-439-0522
E-mail: erla@powersurfr.com
http://plaza.powersurfr.com/mariuerla
York. The only flaw is that
Icelandair lands in these cities
in the evening too late for the
buses that come here. We have,
for instance, suggested that
people stay over night at the
Bed and Breakfast operated by
Icelanders who live in Boston."
Skiers don't have to bring
any gear with them to ski at
Mount Snow. "People can
almost come in their under-
wear, because
here you can rent
all gear, skis and
snow boards and
appropriate cloth-
ing. Those who
types, a USA relative of the
river trout called brook trout,
sea trout and trout. I have
mostly fished for brook trout,
which lives in fast moving
water. The fish here are bigger
than in Iceland, ábout one or
two pounds each, but here one
can use a lighter fly because it's
not so windy. I have all the
gear, among those are soft fly
rods used for teaching, which I
have made myself."
Besides Magnús and
Carina the farnily at Gray
Ghost Inn consists of two
daughters, Natalie who is three
and Emma who is five months
old. Emma arrived into this
world on the day all the guests
left at once and new guests
arrived to fill all twenty-six
rooms. "Fortunately she
arrived at 3:30 in the moming
so I was able to get home to the
hotel in time to prepare break-
fast for the guests," says
Magnús Þórson, the hotel
owner in Vermont.
lnformation from Morgunblaðið, Á. H.
MESSUBOÐ
Fyrsta Lúterska
Kirkja
Pastor Michael Kurtz
10:30 a.m. The Service
First Lutheran Church
580 Victor St., Winnipcg
R3G 1R2 Ph. 772-7444
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