This area of the Catskills is full of contradictions. Once a thriving resort area, many stores appear to be closed, homes are either held together with 'stickum' or lovely, old dwellings. By the end of June I'm told that the whole area erupts with summer visitors to 'bungalow camps'and it goes nutty.

Last weekend we went to the local grocery store in Ellensville, along US 209. This building really got my curiosity . . . was it a casino . . . or an elaborate resort????????

It is one of the largest area employers . . . it's a federal correctional institute! it seems wholly out of place right here.