Mom Can Swim!
Returning our attention to Mom's birthday weekend at Mohonk Mountain House. Susan and I had to handle my mother gingerly. She was as delicate as a jeweled eggshell. She suffers from neuropathy, which makes her dependent on a walker. The layout of Mohonk Mountain House is not so much one building as it is a conglomeration of buildings joined together. A second floor hallway in one building may transition unevenly with the third floor in an annex. There are not many ramps, and there was no one on hand to operate the handicap lifts. We had to ease Mom up the short steps leading from the main building to the pool/spa. Fortunately, at the pool/spa building, there is an elevator which leads to the three levels of the gift shop, the spa and sauna, and the pool. With swimming gear in our possession, we went to our respective changing rooms. I emerged first from the men's room and relaxed on a bench. I anticipated a fifteen minute wait for Su...