Devil's Thumb Work Retreat

Almost every year, the IT department leadership at my company takes a multi-day off site to discuss strategy and important points of focus for the next year.  This year's retreat was back up at Devil's Thumb Ranch near Winter Park.  It's hard to beat the hotel accommodations there.  This is through the entranceway of the main lodge.

The highlight of the main lodge is this central gathering room where they serve food and have a bar and several fireplaces, the biggest being this massive one in the middle of the room that goes up three or four stories.  The other thing that is hard to understand is just the massive natural timbers used to support this immense structure.

Here is our meeting room for the week with room for about 20-25 people.  I had a section that I had to present on our project approval process, as well as changes to how we evaluate and determine project value to the company.  It turned out to be quite a lively session that went over by about 45 minutes of my allotted hour slot.

Here is my room, but it is fairly typical of almost all of them.  Each one with a fireplace and a nice lodge feel.

This is the view from the upper grounds overlooking a heated pool.  We caught this nice rainbow as the fall weather had started to roll in a bit towards the end of the week.