The Mystery of the Lake

Discover what's happening at Mountain Lake.

[@dianeglynn3414]

So you have this incredible natural process, rare in the world that you personally are honored to experience and you decide to screw with it? What the hell for?

[@FinnMiaBelle]

It’s not fast enough for them......it’s the age of “”instant” everything.

[@TheBadsc9]

will Agree with you Diane I mean if nature decides that it deos't what a lake there and drys it out or lower the Water level and rise it Again then let nature do so I mean what about the dryed out salt lakes should they then try and recrate thoes as well

[@Vaporjams]

Hollywood loves false dreams. This lake said nope.

[@Joemar4]

Because having a lakeside resort (and one this recognizable because of the movie!) means its hard to justify charging high rates for a lakeside cabin or a lake view room when there is no actual lake. When money is involved, some people could care less about nature. Once again greed rears its ugly head!

[@maggiemoran7747]

Joe Mar no that’s not a good reason

[@LanceSheppard]

they should leave it alone.

[@rantexpresso7720]

Yes I agree. Patrick and Jennifer got lucky the sink hole didn't drown them.

[@jameshumphrey9939]

ya fuk science !

[@rextruegood6168]

roadkill2075 not all humans just the arrogant stupid ones.

[@mstaff657]

Exactly

[@johnrichards9361]

Dumb asses leave it alone you cant begin to understand

[@andrewwilson8317]

Just leave it alone ! We have a past history of screwing things up by thinking we know best but getting it wrong. Nature does things for a reason and it's not for us to interfere with things that are nothing to do with us.

[@gravesclayton3604]

They won't stop until they've done irreparable damage, you watch. I know some of these hypocrites; their desire for money and notoriety is far too compelling for them to resist. And when it tuns into an "unforeseeable disaster" you won't be able to pin it on any one of them. I guarantee several of them are drooling over the little " golden nest-egg" they plan to get out of this. If in doubt, go ask the Army Corps of Engineers how their little "canal project" in the Florida Everglades worked out!

[@wompbozer3939]

Andrew Wilson Nature doesn't do things for a "reason ". Geological things just happen and it's not like this wise nature force oversaw any of it. Whether we admit it or not, we are natural too. Nature screws up plenty of things all the time. Let them have their stupid pond. It's gonna freaking all leak out anyway so who gives a crap.

[@cavekritter1]

The natural recovery process... using excavators? At least it eould have come back on its own eventually. But now when the water seeping thru new drain points created when material was moved creates a massive sinkhole and goes away forever.. all in the name of short term profits...

[@WelshWidgetMan2O1O]

Armchair professionals always make me laugh.

[@andrewwilson8317]

WelshWidgetMan2O1O that's the problem with the internet,it gives voice to people who would normally be ignored. Easy to become an armchair oracle!

[@leonh1971]

The arrogance of man, they said themselves "its not broken" SO LEAVE IT ALONE. all you are going to is break its natural cycle

[@jynmeyer]

It's been said, "History doesn't repeat itself- but it rhymes." Usually when we try to tamper with nature to make it more 'profitable' (yes Im going to use that word because here, you have to follow the money trail for the lake) it comes back to bite us. I wonder if they possibly considered that there is somewhere that water is going and filling, and that by depriving this ebb and flow of filling and emptying it, they may cause a catastrophe with some major sinkholes, if not right in the immediate area, then elsewhere?

[@timothyhaug2060]

Jyn Meyer actually, the phrase is "Those who don't know history is doomed to repeat it". History repeats itself over and over again.

[@krantzr1]

Maybe it was cooling a hidden volcano. I guess time will tell.

[@n2wishnn552]

Jyn Meyer ...Very brilliant analogy! It's as if scientists often forget one of their very basic principles- Every Action Has A Reaction! Some people aren't satisfied at all unless they are trying to "normalize" every single thing in this world. I would say that being unique is worth admiration, celebration and awe in this day and age of endless herds of sheep and follow the leader lemmings.

[@tcbmovingforward6]

Julie Hudson - Soooo well said! Thank you!

[@panzerfaust5119]

There is nothing new under the sun.Just another day

[@ScottCason]

Nature doing what nature does and humans think they have to fix it. Poorly thought out. Sad

[@Bob-fz7pd]

FRLN500 disrupting nature is part of nature.

[@buckfisherGBY]

+FRLN500 Wildfires, floods, droughts, famine, all have been getting less frequent and less severe. That said, when they do happen, what are YOU going to do about it? Hopefully nothing, because if you try to screw with nature, you can make it a lot worse. It wouldn't take much to tip us off the edge and down into a full glaciation cycle. 100,000yrs of frozen solid, accept near the equator.

[@FRLN500]

Are you really that stupid? We are part of nature. It is part of our nature to make change. Like trying to find cures for deadly illness. Or do you believe we should still be diying from typhoid. malaria, and cholera? Building cities is natural for humans. It is contrary to your belief about fucking with nature. But it is necessary for our population. If you think that means we have to large a population, then you should lead by example and leave this earth soon so as to diminsh the negative impact your presence here is causing.

[@FRLN500]

Are you really that stupid? We are part of nature. It is part of our nature to make change. Like trying to find cures for deadly illness. Or do you believe we should still be diying from typhoid. malaria, and cholera? Building cities is natural for humans. It is contrary to your belief about fucking with nature. But it is necessary for our population. If you think that means we have to large a population, then you should lead by example and leave this earth soon so as to diminsh the negative impact your presence here is causing.

[@FRLN500]

Are you really that stupid? We are part of nature. It is part of our nature to make change. Like trying to find cures for deadly illness. Or do you believe we should still be diying from typhoid. malaria, and cholera? Building cities is natural for humans. It is contrary to your belief about fucking with nature. But it is necessary for our population. If you think that means we have to large a population, then you should lead by example and leave this earth soon so as to diminsh the negative impact your presence here is causing.

[@SuperSnallygaster]

So do I have this straight? This lake and it's associated process/system are "unique in the world." But the property owners didn't like that it wasn't full all of the time so they hired these muckity mucks to muck it up? Hope they're happy with the results. I just lost interest in visiting the Lodge.

[@karlbrundage7472]

+SuperSnallygaster This is Terraforming at work. Much like the efforts to turn back the clock on CO2 levels in the atmosphere and to reverse the retreat of glaciers. Welcome to the brave, new world of our mastery over nature................

[@Littlemisswantitall]

The lake is a tourist attraction people want the lake it's beautiful, it's part of Dirty Dancing and it would be such a shame for it to disappear also without a lake there is no baby lift.

[@badger7554]

Glacial retreat and CO2 levels are BECAUSE of humans and Mountain Lake natural cycle is nothing like that. Oh no, we have to plug up the holes so the lake doesn't drain (spinning our definition of "natural") and maintaining property values around it. FOLLOW THE MONEY!

[@akoww1000]

well they kept messing with it and now the lake is gone for some time now. They couldn't just leave it alone and let it do its own thing , that its beein doing for 100's of years . Now the owners have no lake at all :/ Good job on killing one of the rarest lakes in the world

[@zaiemrys5917]

Yup. So they can sell the surroundings as luxury lakehouses and lot.

[@JamesRobertSmith]

I do miss the old lake. I only got to see it once when it was full. Then, later, I saw it when it looked like it would make it back--probably 2/3 to 3/4 full. And then it drained again. There used to be a website where you could check on the lake level, but I think it became so depressing that the people running it (the lodge?) abandoned it.

[@curlyanneb1973]

I have so little respect for people anymore.

[@pamelabaker2097]

Feeling the same way anymore. In store right after Christmas and this woman jumped my shit. I asked her why. She responded. The way you were looking at me. WTF I told little miss thinks she knows everything. Your wrong in know way was I looking at you. She was late 30's. Me I'll be 60 in a few months. She's not the first to do this to me. I can't believe how hurtful, mean, plain out nasty the majority of generations below me can be. It's shameful how parents condone the way their grown children treat their elders.

[@richardmattocks]

“It’s unique in the world” ... “so we decided to change what Mother Nature is doing” Ok.... so there is something unique and the first instinct is to change it? Ummmm....

[@elizabethsternal2094]

How sad. Something perfect, that works perfect and they meddle.

[@CoolHandLuke01]

Grow up.

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Very cool video. Thanks for posting and have a nice day too.

[@autotoyexchangegarage7053]

Do you understand how RARE a lake like this is in this part of the US? Its a NATURAL lake high in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Try & find a real lake not constructed by a dam near you... chances are there are none unless you live up north where the ice age left many. This is one of only a few in Virginia. Nobody who lives nearby wants to see it gone.

[@MegaSnow121]

Why not just leave the lake alone? There is so much talk about not interfering with nature - and yet, they are doing stuff to this unique lake that has apparently naturally come and gone for hundreds of years? Really? Leave it the heck alone! Who know what purpose this lake coming and going serves. Unbelievable. So screwed up.

[@gravesclayton3604]

Because it's private property, and they see $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. Especially after Hollywood brought them "fame and fortune. And now their little "gold mine" isn't profiting when the tourists show up and see a dry lake bed. Rest assured, they wouldn't spend a dime unless they were convinced they could make a 500% return on their investment. It's called "venture capitalism", and they don't give a damn about the consequences beyond their own existence, let alone any legal statute of limitations on their liability in the event of causing a natural disaster. And don't think they haven't already consulted lawyers on that one! These people aren't stupid, just greedy.

[@timtemple5218]

So the lake gains water through rain and loses water through drains. They want it to fill? Plug the drains with canvas bags loosely filled with plastic balls. As the drain pressure increases, put a dye in the biggest drain to see where it is going. It's all reversible.

[@Hannodb1961]

Exactly. They're explaining a "solution" without even saying what the problem is they're trying to fix. If the lake is suppose to be empty some of the times, why interfere in the natural process?

[@gravesclayton3604]

In addition, they have admitted they don't know where it ends up. It could be part of the feed source for Little Stony Creek, which feeds the Cascades farther down the mountain, which Is a public park in the Jefferson National Forest. It may feed an aquifer that serves as ground water for homes in and around Pembroke, but they have not found where it goes, yet. Suppose they end up shutting off flow to somewhere like that? Or worse yet, leave those unknown places to run dry? What if the lake overfills, and floods places that have never had water runover? I doubt that I am the first to think of these possibilities, and I am willing to bet any corporate lawyer worth half his retainer, already has. Looks to me like they are hedging their bets against causing any noticeable ecological damage, and are willing to gamble that should there even be any repercussions, they won't, or can't be held liable. Only time will tell.

[@FMG1964]

I stayed at Mountain Lake back in the mid 80's. I've been disappointed with the lake's draining and made the poor and uninformed decision that I had no desire to visit again. ...that is until I saw this video. Thank you for making this and posting it.

[@philthycat1408]

Fresh water lake in Ireland does similar. Empties and fills though, instead of filling then emptying.

[@hotrod76]

What u need to do is to leave it alone.thats what's wrong with the earth now people miss it all up the don't know how to keep there hands off of stuff

[@nicholaszvalentine9765]

Great, someone intervening to make this happen quicker. We can never leave things alone. If it ain't broke don't fix it!

[@MrJeffcoley1]

It is funny - all the intervention to "preserve a natural process". Natural processes don't require massive "intervention". This is to PREVENT a natural process from occurring. Nothing wrong with that, but the doublespeak is funny.

[@schto173]

+MrJeffcoley1 totally. americans are so funny hahahaa

[@carmichaelmoritz8662]

true , i wanna save my pond , can someone fund me and it will be my life long job security lol

[@cardinaloflannagancr8929]

MrJeffcoley1 Not exactly right as some natural processes experience excessive actions not they wouldn't have without indirect intervention further up the line. For example the dust bowl could be regarded as a natural process, however it was made much more severe unnaturally. Unknown at the time or not fully understood some farming practices of the day contributed significantly.

[@marcelogouveia9614]

LOL! Yep, i noticed the same "oxymoron" antics!!!

[@va3cpm]

Just a bunch of rich fucks worried about their property values screwing with a natural process. The so called scientists involved with this project should be embarrassed to be associated with this project.

[@martijnvv8031]

All in the name of Profit.....euhhh.... Science...... did I say profit out loud?

[@QuantumFengShui]

So do global warming.

[@marajadefire77]

Fascinating!

[@ebenvanderwalt5831]

Stay away from it - swallow you

[@DIYDanCars]

The lake is completely dried up now. Pretty remarkable to see.

[@BersiCH]

does anyone know the title of the soundtrack? ^^

[@crabbinmoose8583]

This event does give you a sense of just how the "fountains of the deep" were opened up during the time of the great flood, as referenced in Genesis. What an awesome planet and God who formed it for us!

[@matthewthomas3636]

Whoa!!! They all say at the start what the natural start of the area is, and even how the natural drainage of the lake is important in how it works to keep lake itself clean. Then all of a sudden everyone starts talking about this "great" idea to totally mess with that natural cleaning action as though it's a great idea for the environment, then they finally say that this idea of keeping the lake at an unnatural level actually belongs to a person how I can only assume had no knowledge of the natural order of this area. This is nothing more than a PR campaign for using the lake as a recreational water area, damning the lake and its surrounding environment to poor health.

[@michaelhodnett4484]

Just leave the mountain and lake alone. Why do they thing God need or want their help in nature or figure out What he's doing. Just enjoy what he is giving us in the beauty of nature.

[@CoolHandLuke01]

Grow up.

[@mazdaman1982]

I would love to see this lake in person just knowing the dirty dancing was made there is so cool :)

[@stephaniea196]

It's amazing. We went two weeks ago ... walked through the lakebed, too. Go and support Mountain Lake!!!

[@maxwdg]

Nice video. Very informative and nice music choice. Finally, the audio mix was perfect! It was totally enjoyable to watch. Kudos to the producer(s) and production company.

[@thename2472]

they trashed the lake all set with ever staying at the lodge .

[@gary1chester]

I had the time of my life there

[@frankb.1546]

John Smith I see what you did there😉

[@TheSmellalicious]

I bet you never felt that way before

[@InergyRecords]

I swear, it's the truth

[@juzz27]

Had you been waiting for so long?

[@stephaniea196]

Very interesting video. Thanks so much for making it. I would love a followup! I just visited Mountain Lake Lodge July 4th weekend 2021. The lake was very low ... just a very small pond left but lots of small streams running through it. Was super interesting to see. For those that have commented but haven't visited, they are embracing the lake(bed) as it is now. There is a sign explaining the phenomenon of the lake levels and it's also in their literature. There is so much history on the property (aside from all the Dirty Dancing film nostalgia) and the lake coming back would be amazing. I'm already planning my next visit ... lake or no lake.

[@vicnicholls6718]

In October it is completely gone.

[@stafonvoncamron]

If I owned that property. I would have the lake bed smoothed out and sealed and refilled with water and stocked with fish. I would add the small sand beach back and have everything recreated to like it was in the movie. In doing so, It would because a tourist hot spot again.

[@fritzcolburn]

"We are absolutely committed to continuing a natural process" by screwing with that natural process to keep the rich people at our lodge happy that there's a lake there.

[@mopardave6167]

We were there in June of this year. The lake is still pretty low.

[@justincarter9622]

I live in a city that is based on its lake for its economy. I remember as a little child the water was clear. The lake is brown, smells like sewage and fuel. I hate how the lake is trashed. Now I am no “tree hugger” but I don’t think we should trash nature either. I think we should allow lakes to be left alone for some period after years of use by us.

[@cathylee9231]

years ago I went to a class at Roanoke Collage, the speaker was wonderful. He said the lake emptied in the 1600's.

[@rebeccagrimmer4805]

Man cannot leave well enough alone.

[@steveaustin16]

Hey let's ruin this natural process of mother nature! It cleans itself leave it alone!

[@bryantburns6366]

Nobody talks about this being the location for dirty dancing??

[@sojournsojourntraveler1203]

Where does the water come from ?

[@johnshep1986]

Greed comes through again!!

[@anthonyramirez6278]

You said it yourself it's not broken then God made it perfect so why try and out do God, sounds evil.

[@FaithandNova]

I agree and I don't understand this mother nature crap. It's all God, it was all designed by God.

[@NoOne-ul8ni]

@@FaithandNova You're deluded.

[@Dialysisforever]

its nature in action but lets change how it works so its no longer natural. By messing with it, what are you effecting?

[@wilecatrexy]

Why do humans have to muck with things. Just leave it alone.

[@mvr4279]

i realy hope the lake will be brought back.

[@drmrjon]

We always stick our noses in things and mess them up everytime. LEAVE IT ALONE!!!!

[@owenslaw7364]

Dirty Dancing was filmed here. Lbs.

[@catherinehermansen4376]

owenslaw Thank you. I thought that might be it.

[@krystingrant6292]

Yes

[@deannahext]

Great idea! Let’s build a canal around Niagra falls. Don’t worry about zebra mussels and parasites or sea lampreys in the Great Lakes. Love of money ruins everything .

[@marjanadrobnic7732]

Lake Cerknica in Slovenia, 38 square km (15 square miles). Six months full, six months empty, every year. They organize traditional fish rescue mission every year before the lake vanishes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Cerknica

[@locouk]

When nature takes a few hundred thousand years to get something just right, someone has to come along and fuck around with it.

[@Gribbo9999]

I don't get it. If it ain't broke why do you need to fix it?

[@martijnvv8031]

one word: Profit.

[@maneater1233]

It kinda is broken, it drained in less than 30 days and takes like 50 years to refill. and they said it started to refill and drained again. sounds broken to me. Yeah maybe it will fix itself in several hundred years but lets face it, that's to long to wait.

[@Joemar4]

Because of money. Hard to charge high rates for a lakeside cabin when there is no lake. Once again greed rears its ugly head!

[@ekaterinas8796]

Remember when Chicago changed the flow direction of a whole dang river? -Yeah, me sadly too.

[@pamelavl2523]

There is another lake in NC called lake James that was very low a few years ago. I haven't been up there to see what the levels a r e now. But water was a good 50 ft. From shore line. I wonder if this one does the same thing. Never mind I looked it up. Its controlled by duke energy's dam.

[@seattlejayde]

Did they end up dredging the lake?

[@ShortiesCleverShorts]

How is this so unique? It sounds just like "Lost Lake" to me.

[@OVTRA]

From 2:58 it's just straight up "ruining" the nature cycle. Wtf did you mean by "speeding" up the process!? So basically they want to make a lake/dam for a lodge... What in the actual fuck. + If you're seeing this video in 2018. Search on the map (Google Maps) where the lake is & I can tell you that the lake is vanished.

[@stephenmartini5890]

Another of Nature's great mysteries, leave it alone. Enjoying it is far better than building a lodge, parking areas, roads, landscaping (?) it into a future eye sore.

[@sherrivonch6044]

This is neat

[@Last-Varangian]

Why is a lake in Virginia, being "managed", if you will, by a board of directors located half a continent away in Texas? How can they possibly claim to know what is best for the area when they are not there? As others have said, leave it be, it'll "fix" itself, just not on your timeline.

[@AndroidTap]

Agreed, Glad they have seemingly changed their tune, but it was obvious the goal was 'we need the lake to fill back up' for commercial purposes.

[@RodrigoMJ32]

"Half a continent away "?? Umm the US is NOT a continent....🤦‍♂️😆

[@phydeauxddog]

Notice how they make this all OK with words. We are just speeding up mature. Then they keep on saying what they are doing is natural. These people can not know how this changes things. By speeding things up you could washout an unknown passage and wind up with no lake. If you will notice all the talking is by persons that look like They've never been out in N nature.

[@BlueBetaPro]

Humanity fucking up everything. Just because.

[@peles73]

+BlueBetaPro What are you talking about?

[@BlueBetaPro]

Why did they need to fix the lake?

[@peles73]

They don't need, that's right.

[@ryanawilson8549]

Nature finds a way

[@Chuxgold]

Must have a cave system under it for the sediment to escape thru.

[@Fievelavie]

Birds and butterflies Rivers and mountains she creates But you'll never know The next move she'll make You can try But it is useless to ask why Cannot control her She goes her own way (Within temptation, Mother Earth)

[@dizzeek9139]

Wait, isn't that the lake in Dirty Dancing!?

[@samanthab1923]

Is this the lake in front of the resort that was in Dirty Dancing?

[@Aloewells]

Yeah, this is the lake. They r the lodge owners. Now it's completely dried.

[@jennifertimmons9882]

Not understanding here. They are screening with it but it is a sight to behold?

[@susanwallace4564]

Amazing Lake, people managing it Please leave it alone let God manage it as He always has.

[@hunteryoungblood649]

In Georgia theres a lake called mountain lake and its dried up too.

[@Robbysmummy]

You know this is the lake from “Dirty Dancing “!

[@TheSoloAsylum]

I have no issue with them filling that lake back up.

[@dkchosen]

CAN'T NEVER LEAVE ALONE! This is about control. If you don't understand you poke, prod, and destroy. I pray you don't destroy the basin.

[@normie2112]

Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah, let it be Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.....

[@danakrassoi8671]

"Connecting people to nature" she says ....seriously Mountain Inn wants $$$

[@stephaniea196]

Have you been? It's amazing. We were just there 2 weeks ago. To preserve history like this, they have my support for years to come.

[@jonathangaston343]

-We were just there 7-22-2021 and there was no water LOL

[@weapea]

There are some big mining below it.. gold.. lithium..

[@MrRandomShorts123Go]

To think they filmed Dirty Dancing at this location....so much for that water scene

[@Jen-lc5yc]

Mountain Lake is not the "only lake on the planet" that does this like the narrator suggests. Lost Lake in Central Oregon does this same thing. Gone then reappears.

[@bigeyetuna6228]

Save the planet, give me a break, pray it can save us💚🍀

[@jamesz.williams8746]

Just leave it alone.

[@fast03vette4me]

now really impress me, show natural schools of fish thriving in this natural lake

[@stephaniea196]

There's a really awesome video on Mountain Lake Lodge's website of an interview with the Lodge manager and Mrs. Moody in the 60s. The Lodge manager mentions that they used to bring trout in to the lake.

[@McGinnisStudio]

They paved paradise Put up a parking lot!

[@jackjones9611]

McGinnisStudio dumb

[@benround4078]

It's not a lake, it's a flood zone.

[@burymedeep-be7dm]

That Patrick Swayze film was made there I think

[@UncoordinatedPixie]

Yes it was

[@rick43pen]

Sounds to me like a lot of self justification for doing what they want, which is artificially bringing the lake back.

[@plowboysghost]

I live in T.V.A. territory. Leaving a watershed or water system in it's natural state is a foreign idea to me.

[@BigEddsLore]

I don't get it why not leave it they said it would be back my god

[@cindyhoffmannsmith8877]

Leave it alone! Let nature take its own course.

[@WarBeardTheRed]

How sad.

[@robin5380]

Have you seen the movie dirty dancing the Lake Lure there does the same thing empties out & fills back up. No Drain off from mountains have nothing to do with that lake.There’s a few of them out there that do this

[@jackphilips9526]

No. The mountain lake basin is the only one of its kind in the world. No other lake basin in the world does this.

[@tedgrowney8981]

Isn't this the Dirty Dancing lake?

[@stephaniea196]

It is

[@raincoast2396]

How come these 'Boffin's' wear hard hats? Afraid a pine cone might fall and hit their head?

[@artemis2666]

Boffins?🤣😂

[@danielallison1925]

The Law of Unintended Consequences cannot be repealed. They have no idea what they are doing. Man destroys all that he does not understand.

[@Stephan74]

That's what earths lakes do....full lakes can be lifted and dumped elsewhere.

[@nathanwright5757]

Just can't leave shit alone.

[@imamhungry33]

Is that the lake from dirty dancing

[@jeanne8507]

Mal Maleifcent - Yes

[@barbarablackmon7089]

It would been nice if y'all would have done the video without the music where people could hear what your saying

[@grbradsk]

So you moved a huge load of sediment all at once to the drains, but naturally, it flows out slowly. Likely, you've plugged up the "toilet" by dropping too big of load all at once.

[@queenofcheap6310]

Let Mother Nature do what she does best. All those people should leave & never come back.

[@stephe1329]

Stop! Leave the lake alone and let it do what it was created to do. Man must stop interfering with God's creation!

[@stephe1329]

CoonShoot Jesus loves you. It's God's creation. Sad to hear you don't feel the same way. God bless you. I pray you find peace in your life in Jesus. Hugs

[@wompbozer3939]

Steph E You seem really nice and I believe you genuinely care about people's souls. That being said, there probably isn't a soul at all. And yes, God is most likely a figment of your imagination.

[@stephe1329]

Womp Bozer. Talk about being nice and then kicked in the head. Ok. We both believe differently. You believe there is no God. I on the other hand, believe there is a God, who created all things. Yes, I care about people in all sizes, colors and religions, even though I may disagree with some of them. That is the human being in me. I believe in something greater, I don't have to see it to believe it. I feel it in my heart and in my soul. Maybe, some day you might come to understand what I'm saying. God bless. Hugs

[@stephe1329]

Womp Bozer That is your choice to believe in God or not. There isn't much more to say as it will fall in deaf ears. Make fun of me, mock me. I made I choice over 20 some years ago. Glad I did.

[@wompbozer3939]

Steph E I'm not making fun or mocking you, that is not my intention. What I'm trying to say is that people don't choose their beliefs. It was not a choice when I decided I didn't believe. Trust me, life would be way easier if I could convince myself that there was a god who answers prayers. Then you simply pray, and your problems go away. It doesn't actually work like that in real life. The only thing that prayer works on reliably is mundane events that happen on their own. Without prayer.

[@myroadtours6147]

Is this the lake where they filmed Dirty Dancing?

[@catherinehermansen4376]

My Road Tours I think so. there is a video showing the location of dirty dancing and they do match, exactly.

[@catherinehermansen4376]

My Road Tours I just googled. it is. In Pembrooke VA. Mountain Lake Lodge.