The Distracted Wanderer

I recently had occasion to vacate my humble abode while some renovations were being done so decided that was the perfect excuse to finally wander north to New Hampshire to stay at a historic hotel that had long been on my 'Bucket List of Places I Want to Stay' - which, when you get right down to it, is actually more like a book than a list! Eagle Mountain House & Golf Club  is nestled in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in bucolic Jackson Village just up Carter Notch Road from the beautiful Jackson Falls. Pictured below, the photo of the Wildcat River tumbling along part of the falls is from an earlier wandering to Jackson which you can find  here  if you're interested in learning more about the area which includes the beautiful circa 1876 Honeymoon Covered Bridge that crosses the Ellis River. Waterfalls, covered bridges, beautiful mountains ... is it any wonder I wanted to wander back up to Jackson?  Definitely not but, anyway, back to the Eagle Mountain Hou...

Though there are other places that you can choose to stay when you wander over to Cooperstown to visit the National Baseball Hall of Fame or The Farmer's Museum or perhaps to take in an evening of music at the Glimmerglass Opera Festival , if you really want to make it a memorable trip then you owe it to yourself to spend some time at The Otesaga Resort Hotel .  Even if it's not in your budget to be able to stay there - and what a shame if you can't! - at least go for a drink or dinner or something as it's an experience you simply don't want to miss while you're in that part of New York State.  Designed in a classic neo-Georgian style of architecture and named for the Iroquois word meaning "a place of meetings," the Otesaga Resort Hotel is one of America's original grand lakeside resort hotels. With massive 30-foot tall columns supporting the hotel's impressive front portico beneath a cone-capped cupola, the Otesaga has been welc...