Contour Day Spa Florida


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Contour Day Spa Florida

Contour Day Spa Florida

On Pennsylvania's Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort’s spacious and secluded grounds guard bees congregate on the porch of the hives providing ventilation for the life of the queen. Six varieties of tomatoes, white eggplant, Chinese five-color peppers and multi-colored chard thrive in the middle of one of America’s oldest award-winning golf courses. Micro-beers are being bottled by a former electronics engineer of advanced defense weapons. Goat cheese is delivered fresh from a local farm. The mist on the Delaware River swirls through the tree-covered Pocono Mountains, and Frank Sinatra’s voice croons softly through the 100 year old lobby. This is the 21st Century?

Buckwood Inn

The stately Buckwood Inn (renamed in 1943 the Shawnee Inn) was the pinnacle of engineering modernity when it opened in 1911. New York businessman and engineer, Charles Campbell Worthington had been a resident of historic Shawnee-on-Delaware for over a decade when he made the decision to create his dream hotel and golf course in this quiet, bucolic countryside along the Delaware River. Constructed of 12 inch thick reinforced concrete, including the floors, Buckwood was the Pocono Mountains first fireproof lodge. The rooms were modern and luxurious.

The Delaware as a water trap

Famed golf course architect, and Philadelphia native, A.W. Tillinghast designed the 18-hole course on an island reachable only by a bridge that had to be reconstructed every spring. Tennis, concerts on the Grand Lawn, fishing, boating and swimming in the river were just some of the activities at Worthington’s exclusive resort. Food supplies for the restaurant came from the Inn’s own garden and surrounding farms. Fresh milk, cream, vegetables, meats, game and fish were all locally sourced.