A surprise at the Bothwell Lodge

Cliff and I rode the motorcycle to the Bothwell Lodge today; it's a huge place three stories tall... four if you count the basement.


Speaking of the basement: The lodge had its own power plant until the forties when rural electricity was finally installed. The lights were direct-current.

That's the huge coal furnace; it really didn't look this color, but it was so dark I had to use flash.

As we passed through a small passageway toward the stairs out of the basement, I noticed what I thought was a rubber snake....

but it was real! A black snake about six feet long.