'Dirty Dancing' lake resort loses its magic

From The Independent:

"Almost a quarter of a century after Dirty Dancing was shot in its picturesque grounds, the Mountain Lake Hotel in Giles County, Virginia, has sacked more than half its employees, reducing resort staff from 130 to 60. Managers blame the ongoing effects of the recession for taking away more than 20 per cent of its visitors and almost all of its profits.

Adding to the troubles for the resort – which boasts a slightly moth-eaten statue of the late Swayze – are falling water levels in the once-brimming lake.

At present, it's just a third of the original size, meaning that visitors must hike across a quarter of a mile of ankle-deep mud to reach its shoreline. Leisure activities such as canoeing and fishing have been banned."

I haven't been this depressed since I heard the Lotus from Pretty Woman had been auctioned off, you know, the one that "handled corners like it was on rails"--and this is far, far worse. This is my childhood they are messing with!