Sterling Holiday Resorts, Elk Hill

We have been here at Sterling Holiday Resorts on Elk Hill for quite some time. Our address is P.B. No. 25 on Ramakrishna Mutt Road in Ramakrishna Puram. It is a bit of a climb to get up here, but the air is different once you arrive. We mostly just focus on keeping the rooms tidy and making sure people have a place to sit and look at the trees. It’s not like those big city hotels where everything is made of glass and chrome. Here, it’s mostly just stone and wood and whatever the weather brings that day. Most of us who work here grew up in the surrounding hills, so we know the shortcuts and where the wind hits hardest in the winter. We spend a lot of our time fixing things that the rain messes up or making sure the gardens don't get too wild. It is a quiet spot, really. We don't have loud music or big parties happening all night. People usually come here because they want to sleep or read a book without someone honking a horn right outside their window. Ramakrishna Puram is a decent enough neighborhood, and being near the Mutt means it stays fairly calm. We are just a group of people trying to run a decent place for visitors. It takes a lot of effort to keep a resort going in this climate, but we stay busy with the daily chores and seeing who comes through the door.