PERC (Propane Education & Research Council) presented Ruby’s Inn with its coveted Energy for Everyone Hero Award on Sept. 14. The ceremony was held on the rim of Bryce Canyon with representatives present from Ruby’s Inn, Blue Star Gas, Rinnai and KEVA. In spite of the fact that it was 94° F in Las Vegas, where my four-hour drive began, it was a cool 58° F during the award ceremony because Ruby’s Inn is located 8,000-feet above sea level.

Ruby’s Inn in Utah consists of 19 buildings, 700 guest rooms, three restaurants, two pools with whirlpool tubs, retail stores, car wash, pay-as-you-go coin-operated laundry, laundry building where they handle 19- to 20-tons of laundry daily and a campground and RV park with bathhouses and showers, all situated on 2,300 acres next to Bryce Canyon National Park. Not all was sunshine and roses, however, as Ruby’s Inn was having domestic potable hot water issues.