Signs everywhere designate important locations – the gazebo where Penny gave dance lessons (pictured here); Baby’s cabin, where the Houseman family resided (next photo); the lake where Johnny and Baby practiced “the lift.” Dirty Dancing permeates the grounds – and once the guests arrive – seniors, couples, mothers, daughters, sisters, girlfriends on a weekend getaway – many in a variety of DD t-shirts – electricity abounds. Apparently no age group is immune to the long-term appeal of the film.

Read more in Tripatini contributor Fyllis Hockman´s post Reliving ´Dirty Dancing´ at Virginia´s Mountain Lake Lodge.