Who doesn’t need or hasn’t, at some point even held out for, a hero? If you’re 40ish and of MTV-generation stock, you likely immediately connect to Bonnie Tyler and her Footloose anthem, circa 1984. Baby Boomer? You connect to a simpler, less Aqua-Netted period and likely look at heroes through a Spiderman, Hulk or Wonder Woman lens. And if you date further back into the greatest of generations, your oldest-school sensibility connects perfectly to Stan Lee and his Flash and Captain America characters. Here? We tilt a bit toward Lee’s creation Jack Frost, who seemingly awoke wandering the Arctic with no knowledge of his past origins, yet made completely of ice. He was fond of protecting innocent bystanders with his wholly un-ironic ice umbrella and ultimately vanished after defeating an Arctic Ice-Worm by sacrificing himself. We like him because of his blue skin and 32 degree ambient body temperature. And our shared lack of love for Ice Worms.
While you won’t find the heroes contained in this Summer’s Jay Peak Magazine in an Avenger’s episode or lolling about with the Homo-Mermanus, Sub-Mariner (apparently, the most short-fused of the super-heroes), they’re no less character leads in their own right. Just minus the tights, gilded weaponry and shellacked hair. Check out several words about, and by, super-foodie Katherine Sims in our interview on page (XXX), or learn how to properly cultivate a superhero of your own in our Raised Jay Camps in (XXXXX on pg XXXXX). Get inside a phone-booth with Mr. Kelly to learn how he brings both of his identities to bear as he manages Jay Peak’s thickly settled restaurant scene on pg (XXX) and learn how Jay Peak’s own Jack Frost-Dennis Himes-created a camp for future lines of heroic female defensewomen (pg XXX). In between all this are mild-mannered looks at how to be Jay, how to see Jay and how to Raise yourself Jay-in words, pictures and mildly suggestive illustrations.
Our Vacation Planner section across pages (xxxx – xxxx) will help you plan the perfect getaway to a spot that feels not totally unlike your own Fortress of Solitude. The Arch-enemy of boredom? Our Pumphouse Indoor Waterpark. Our music festivals (3rd Annual Jeezum Crow and 12th Annual August West) act as a de-facto dynamic duo of Summer fun. And while I might not be able to parallel the Hall of Justice with our award winning championship golf course, know that it wasn’t from a near heroic lack of trying. Suffice to say, you don’t need any form of x-ray vision to see that a Jay Peak Summer Vacation will put a cape on your back and an S on your chest with the family. There. I’m done.
We look forward to seeing you this summer and fall. If you have any questions about booking your Jay Peak vacation, I’d be happy to help. Drop me a line at swright@jaypeakresort.com
To infinity and beyond.
Steve
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