Yesterday we drove up to Big Moose Lake, about an hour away from our home. Had a fantastic dinner at the Big Moose Inn and then drove home. This is the gazebo next to the Inn. The trees are getting their new leaves, the orange is from the maples, an interesting pale imitation of their color in Autumn. The day was cloudy.
It is a historic spot, many years ago Chester Gillette murdered his pregnant girlfriend, Grace Brown, on the lake, so he could marry a rich man's daughter. Author Theodore Dreiser wrote a classic book, "An American Tragedy" about the event, and in 1951 a film "A Place In The Sun" was made based on the book. The film starring Montgomery Clift as Chester Gillette, Shelley Winters as Grace Brown, and Elizabeth Taylor as the rich man's daughter, earned several Academy Awards.
It is said if you are quiet and watchful in the evening, you may see Grace Brown's ghost hovering over the water.