The resort is in the valley below the driving range. This is what our first glance looked like but the picture is from later on in our trip - you can see Nick golfing!
When we got to the bottom of the hill and saw the check in building I was a little concerned. I don't know what I was expecting, but it was something more modern than the building we pulled up to:
The inside was decorated in a similar style - lots of fake Greek decorations!
But the good news was, our room was exactly as advertised and the resort was situated on beautiful man-made Lake Wallenpaupack. We could even see the lake from our room:
Isn't it gorgeous?
We had a nice relaxing week. We spent a lot of time trying out different sports: tennis, horseback riding, racketball, driving range (golf), mini golf, shuffleboard, billiards, and archery to name a few. They had daily "challenges" and nightly entertainment - mostly bands and a few comedians. Each night was themed, although this week they dropped "Mardi Gras" for "Halloween party":
We didn't have a costume for Nick initially, but we spied a billboard for a costume shop in the mall and stopped on Tuesday morning to check it out. Not only did this one match perfectly, we found out later that there was a rumor going around that we had actually gotten married in the costumes!
On Saturday we geared up for the next big part of our trip: an afternoon in New York City! It was funny because a lot of people at the resort were on vacation FROM NYC so it was a completely different mindset for them than for us. It was a neat drive in, we were going through mountains and valleys when all of a sudden we were up on a crest of a hill and saw the skyline!
We were awed by our first look.
We also got to see the Meadowlands, where Eli Manning likes to hang out, an unexpected bonus. We then got very lucky. We were planning on meeting my aunt Dawn for lunch in the city and when I gave her a call as we were getting close it turns out we were only about 10 minutes behind her on the freeway! She was able to direct us to very easy and affordable parking. We all walked down 42nd Street to go to a resturant near Broadway, with my uncle Chris pointing out the sights. We ended up at the Harmony Bar where I had my first hamburger in a week (I was getting sick of the "resturant" style food the resort served every night). We had a great time catching up with them until it was time to go and see a Broadway musical:
Dawn took this picture of us outside the theatre.
Wicked exceeded all my expectations for the show and Nick liked it a lot too. It was amazing how intimate the theatre seemed and how automated all of the sets were. We're looking forward to going back to NYC and seeing another musical there.
Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end. After the show and dinner in the city we headed back to the hotel where we had to pack up and go home. Our flight home was a little more eventful - the first leg of it was delayed an hour because our plane wasn't there yet! I do have to give props to the crew though - when it did land they had the old passengers off and us on in under 20 minutes. We made it to Detroit with just enough time to race down the C terminal, through the psychodelic tunnel, up to the A terminal, and grab a tram to take us all the way to gate A66. We were some of the last people on the plane, but we made it!
Now it's back to life in Minnesota, getting ready for this weekend's big game and working on thank you notes and cleaning up the mess. It feels good to be home but it was hard to go back to work after two and a half weeks off!
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It sounds like it was a great week!! The view of the lake looks beautiful. What luck you had to be able to hook up with Dawn! I can't wait to hear more . . . .
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