
Cleaver-Brooks firetube boilers at Mohonk Mountain House. New Paltz, NY.

Lake Mohonk. New Paltz, NY.

Butter for lobster dinner. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House. New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Eastern painted turtles (Chrysemys picta ssp. picta) on a log. Duck Pond, Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House. New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Holes in rock with white expansive grout. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Remants of expansive grout used in splitting rocks. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Frozen water droplets. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Gingerbread house with Tootsie-Roll roofing. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House. New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Lake Mohonk, New Paltz, NY.

Photograph of Mohonk Mountain House at McDonald’s. New Paltz, NY.

Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) growing on a rock face. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Dock at Lake Mohonk in fog. New Paltz, NY.

New Paltz, NY.

View of Lake Mohonk in winter. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Viewed from Sky Top. New Paltz, NY.

Reflection in Lake Mohonk. New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House. New Paltz, NY.

Lake Shore Road, Mohonk Mountain House. New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House. New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House. New Paltz, NY., NY.

Ladder in Lemon Squeeze rock scramble. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Ladder in Lemon Squeeze rock scramble. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Tree hit by lightning. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Tree hit by lightning. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus). In Duck Pond, Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Anti-littering sign at Mohonk Mountain House. New Paltz, NY.

Lobster dinner. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Lobster dinner. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Michael Ridolfo demonstrating firestarting technique. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

The Trapps. Exposed bedrock in Shawagunk Mountain range. Viewed from Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Hallway at Mohonk Mountain House. New Paltz, NY.

Reflection of Mohonk Mountain House. New Paltz, NY.

New Paltz, NY.

Christmas Day. New Paltz, NY.

View from Sky Top. New Paltz, New York

Rime frosted. New Paltz, NY.

View from Sky Top. New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House in fog

New Paltz, New York.

New Paltz, NY.

Christmas Eve. New Paltz, NY.

Framed by rime-frosted pine tree. New Paltz, NY.

New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Wisteria on porte-cochère, Mohonk Mountain House. New Paltz, NY.

Front porch. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Overlooking Lake Mohonk. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Side porch. Mohonk Mountain House. New Paltz, NY.

Squirrel. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Lodge or Lake Mohonk. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House. New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House. New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

White moss (Leucobryum albidum), brocade moss (Hypnum imponens) and dusky fork-moss (Dicranum fuscescens). IDs tentative. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Needle ice that has lifted small pebbles. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House. New Paltz, NY.

Shawangunk conglomerate. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Reading space inside Mohonk Mountain House. New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House. New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

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Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Exposed roots covered in pine needles. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Sky Top folly. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Reservoir for Mohonk Mountain House fire sprinklers. New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Summer house on Shawangunk conglomerate. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Summer house (Arthur’s Seat) overlooking Lake Mohonk. Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

View of bedrock in Shawagunk Mountains from Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House. New Paltz, NY.

Viewed from Eagles Cliff, Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.

Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY.