Open Thread

Once when I was at Mohonk I was out on the porch negotiating a contract on my cell phone and I had taken off my glasses and they fell over the railing into the lake. And right there in front of the porch the water is 40 feet deep. There is a guy who has a deal with Mohonk – they let him scuba dive in the lake if he comes and gets stuff out when thinks like this happen. He showed up in a cuople of hours, put on a dry suit, dove down, and about 10 minutes later popped back up with my glasses.

I’ve also negotiated things from a canoe in the middle of the lake. I don’t do stuff like that any more though. It’s just stupid.

We had a group discount, $200 per person double occupancy. Upon checkout the guy I had split the room with and I had a similar bar bill.

At dinner I had to sit with this upper crust widow who thinks I’m a future viscount or something. My strategy: get bombed. And I did. She still talks about it.

mohonk has great x-skiing and some great mountain biking trails. The water there is ice cold and back in the day you could cliff dive, not so sure about today.

I priced Mohonk a couple of weeks ago when I was planning my getaway that ended up in Rhinecliff. I think it was around $500 or something a night (so no f’ing way for little ol me). The Rhinecliff was much more economical and it’s right on the river and there is a jacuzzi in every room. And let’s face it, when you’re on a last minute getaway with your spouse, a jacuzzi is way better than the old poster beds and WBF’s at Mohonk, which are cool in their own way but you can’t fill them up with hot water and lie around in them all day.