Abandoned Vacation pt.2
Instead of going all the way back home after our day at the mid evil themed hotel we decided to get an open hotel with less mold nearby. We were up early on day two and ready for another day of exploring, after a short hike down a hill in chilly winter temperatures we arrived at the location, which was a Resort Lodge made up of several buildings over a large slice of land. First we came to an outdoor pool gated with the old fence and a few years worth of thorns and overgrown weeds, we made our way into the property passing a few large buildings that were mostly empty or used for storage over to an icy climb into the main building. Once inside we were greeted by that familiar musty moldy smell, old ugly carpeting and long hallways. The elevator was to my surprise sitting there open on the second floor, usually when we come across them the are stuck in the basement, there were old maid carts left in the hallways as well as broken glass and armature spray paint from vandals throughout. We went down a few long hallways with the old rooms on either side, most of the were in a bad state of decay from broken windows and falling ceilings letting the rain and snow inside, the further down the hallways we went the more it seemed to decay with exposed wires broken walls and flooding in some parts. A handful of rooms were intact enough to see how they used to look back when the lodge was open for business, from researching online it seems to have been a very popular summer resort in it’s hay-day with lots of fun amenities like tennis, bowling and swimming in its indoor and outdoor pools. Opened in the 1920’s it operated successfully through the decades until the 70’s and 80’s when like most of the other hotels and resorts in the area it began to fail thanks to changing means of travel. It is worth noting that an illegal summer camp was also ran here and it managed to stay open to some degree until 2009 when the department of health forced everyone to evacuate for sited violations of toxic mold and exposed wiring, Exploring this place was a lot of fun despite the heavy decay and crappy spray paint everywhere, we found the indoor pool and the lobby, and the cocktail lounge. My favorite part of this place is probably the same as every other person who has explored there, the bowling alley in the basement! This was so heavily destroyed, holes in the ceiling and paint everywhere the bowling balls were gone someone had thrown them outside (we found on on our way in) but despite the mess people made you could still see exactly how it used to look back in the day, with its pale old orange color that looked right out of the 70’s you could picture people relaxing here with a drink and knocking down pins with their friends there for the end of summer with not a care in the world, theater shows on the weekend and tennis after breakfast. It sounds like a lovely way to spend a few weeks of summer. People don’t vacation quite the same as they used now, we never truly disconnect from people and immerse ourselves in our surroundings. I picture this place and the ones like it nearby as perfect little family getaway up in the cool mountains, now its a little moldy getaway for urban explorers that enjoy feeling like they are in a Stephen king movie. Lots of shots from this spot in the more galleries tab!
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