HEMLOCK HALL 1982
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. Wake at 6:55 and get batteries from Rolf at 8 and don't get on the road till 9:15, which is busy-time on the East Side Highway, so it takes till 3 pm to get up there. John's out, so I settle into Waterside and roam the grounds and have wine; he's back and we're up to dinner, where I find that the Brunses are meeting the elder Webbs tomorrow, so I ask to join them so I can ask the Webbs to my slides tomorrow night, since George Simon, a possible future astronaut, is talking tonight, and he sounds just like Uncle Edward. Show him and his wife the Russia-China slides since he wants to see them, and they LOVE them, and get tired to bed at 11.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29. Breakfast and stroll slowly up to Cliffhanger with the Brunses and elder Webbs, talking about the history of Hemlock Hall, and have some apple juice and walk through woods to Minnow Pond, where they have lunch and I stare out over the height of color, broken only by jet-testing from Clarksburg, or wherever. Back to Hemlock Hall about 3 and go out in the canoe in a wind, having more wine, sitting on the chaise longue on the end of our pier, and set up and show the Russia-China slides to a VERY appreciative group, some of whom sit around and ask questions far into the night, and I get to bed feeling VERY good about the place.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30. John's off to speak upstate, so I'm off with the Larsens to climb Blue Mountain, which turns out to be a NICE walk in a colorful woods, getting to a circular view from the fire tower, chatting with a cute fellow from Denver who used to live around here, and I keep getting attracted to sexy fellows, beginning to feel horny. Show the Mexico/Italy/ France slides to another attentive audience, but tiring of it.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1. Trip with the Griswolds, talking of New Zealand, to Upper Saranac where it rains a few drops, take ONE picture of Jan, the larger one, with her Blue Mountain Lake sweatshirt, and Jo's pleasant, and two others are not. Show the USA slides after dinner, to a smallest group, after Jo's.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2. Return from the place 9:55 to 3:25, having charged my battery, and back to get a GREAT seat through TDF for the Steve Reich tonight.