Mohonk Mountain House
Yesterday I drove for a Hagey Tour to Mohonk Mountain House, near New Paltz, NY, in the Catskill Mountains. It's one of the most unique and beautiful hotels I've ever seen, built on top of a mountain right on the edge of Mohonk Lake. I took the photo above from one of the gazebos along the pathway to the mountain top just across the lake from the hotel. It gives a great overview of this huge hotel and lake. 
This photo of my coach for the day, Coach 67, was taken where I refer to as the back of the hotel -- the side opposite the lake. The hotel was built in 1869 by the Smiley family, and has remained in their family ever since. There have been numerous additions over the years. It's a very exclusive hotel; the least expensive room is almost $400 per night -- oh, but that does include three meals a day! Good thing, as the hotel is so isolated, there isn't really anywhere else around to eat. My group had a buffet lunch while visiting, and the food was very good. 
The gardens and the landscaping around the hotel are as spectacular as the rest of the scenery. They grow their own flowers, used throughout the complex for decorating, outdoors in these gardens, and in a greenhouse adjacent to the gardens during the winter. 
A wide variety of flowers are grown on the property; this was one of my favorites -- I think it's a dahlia of some kind? Again, I'm not good with names of flowers, so if you know, post a comment. A beautiful place to visit ... I'll probably never be able to spend a night here, but I still enjoy visiting. This was my third visit here, and I've taken many, many photos each time I've been here -- almost 300 yesterday. These were four of my favorites. (And, as usual, you can click each one to see larger views.)
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I love this pink dahlia (if that's what it is) and just put it on our desktop. All the other pictures are really good, too.
Libby
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