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In June 1996 Scott &
Marie opened the Plantation B & B. After 9 years of 24/7 at the
Plantation, they purchased a home 10 miles away and lived there for 3
and 1/2 years commuting to work to prepare breakfast each morning,
maintained the building and grounds and had an employee perform the
evening Inn sitting duties. Due to the current economic times, on March
1st, 2009 Scott & Marie moved back to the Plantation to live on
site and work full time once again.
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When Marie was a child,
she liked to play in the dirt, play with her food and play with paint
and crayons. After a long hiatus of taking life seriously, Marie
returned to her childhood loves. She does not plan to grow up. While
she is playing, she feels she is more therapeutic for her guests than
she was during her 30 years of nursing. The dream of having a bed and
breakfast took 15 years of plotting and planning. After sending the
kids off to college and getting her new husband, Scott, enthused, it
was time to take flight. It took a year and a half of searching and
false landings to find our paradise in the rough. We've been going mach
speed ever since. In spite of the usual trials of an old house and a
new business, we've never looked back. The closest we'll ever come to
"real" jobs again is in our nightmares. We love the awesome parks. We
love the climate (no more of Marie's wrecking her car in Connecticut
ice and snow). And, we love the "dear hearts and gentle people of our
home town" here.
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 Marie is Chef,
gardener and muralist around the Plantation. |
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Scott has enjoyed three
different careers before Marie convinced him to become an Innkeeper. He
was an Air Traffic Controller for ten years until President Ronald
Reagan fired him, along with 13,000 PATCO (Professional Air Traffic
Controllers Organization) union members, for going on strike against
the Government in 1981. His second career path was as an entrepreneur.
In 1982 Scott and another fired controller started a pizza franchise in
Oklahoma known as Gezeppi's Pizza. The franchise grew to eighteen
restaurants, of which Scott owned two and was general manager of five.
In 1989 he sold out and moved to Connecticut to enjoy a six month
sabbatical. Scott and Marie started dating shortly after his arrival
and in just three months he proposed marriage. Marie proclaimed that
she would not be engaged to someone who was unemployed. So, he got a
job in management with CVS Pharmacy, got married and soon learned of
Marie's dream of owning a Bed and Breakfast. This is definitely the
best job Scott has ever had, not only because he doesn't have to wear a
tie or shoes, but he can pursue his passion of photography. Over 100
photos can be seen adorning the walls of the Plantation
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