From left, Troy and Melinda Callender bought Box Canyon Lodge & Hot Springs last month from Rich and Karen Avery, who owned and operated it the last 13 years. The Callenders will keep their home in Texas for the time being but plan to live in Ouray full-time in the coming years.
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New year, new owners for Box Canyon Lodge
The question seems funny now.
When Rich and Karen Avery bought Box Canyon Lodge & Hot Springs, someone asked them what sort of experience they had in the hospitality industry.
“Our experience was we had stayed in motels,” Rich said, laughing.
Turns out a lengthy resume wasn’t necessarily required for success. Rich, a former engineer for Lockheed Martin, and Karen, a former manager with the software company Oracle, spent 13 years building Box Canyon into one of the most highly regarded lo...
