So, if you look on my facebook you will find a lovely picture of Skytop at the Mohonk Mt House in New Paltz New York. New Paltz is where Margaret Clapp went to school and worked and met her beloved Jesse Littleton. They have been married almost two years. Margaret liked the little town of New Paltz, because it reminded her of Tunkhannock.
Tunkhannock, where I met Roger F. Clapp. And why did Roger take a job in Tunkhannock, you ask?
He liked it because it reminded him of New Paltz.
His mother grew up on a farm just outside of New Paltz. When she came to town she saw the Skytop tower looking down on the town from the mountain top. Roger grew up going from Lyndhurst New Jersey, to New Paltz to visit his grandparents just like I grew up driving from Clarion to Tunkhannock to visit my grandparents.
He always talked about the Mohonk Mountain House, a swanky old resort nestled in the Shawangunk Mts., part of the Catskills. The Mountain House is all old wood and stone and was built for sanky folks to vacation.
Roger has talked about the Mountain House for years. So guess where we went for our 35th anniversary, March 31, 2014? We faked all the swanky folks out and stayed one night in the elegant Mt. House. It was fun to play dress up, fun to pretend to be swanky, and fun to finally see, after years of trips to New Paltz, what the inside of the place looked like!
We also decided that we would still pick each other and we hope the next 35 years are just as cool as the first 35!
Here is the view of Skytop that graces my facebook.
Here is the Mt. House. A castle, right?
Here are Les and Rog pretending to be swanky.
Dessert with chocolate lettering!
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