After a fun time in Boston, we drove west across the northern part of Massachusetts. This actually turned into a brief adventure when we found roads closed and detours in place. We got to see some Irene-induced road repair in progress - some places were rather hard-hit. We did eventually make it to North Adams and the parking lot for Mount Greylock.
It turned into a beautiful day for a hike. We didn't get rained on, and there was even sunshine at the top.
And we reached the highpoint in another state, yay! We have now reached 1/5 of the US highpoints. Maybe if we settled down in one region and focused for a while, we'd start hitting them with more regularity:
This one has quite the monument at the top. Along with a road if you want to drive up there...
Mountain relief:
We were (ever so briefly) on the Appalachian Trail, cool!
No one seems to agree on the actual height of Mount Greylock. The mountain itself thinks it is 3,491 feet tall.
Climbing up the tower - hi John!
Typical New England view (when you get one at all, that is - and usually without the building in it):
The lodge, built by the CCC (thank you yet again, CCC!):
I don't expect we'll ever hike the whole thing, but it's fun to follow for short sections:
Someone really should do something about this bridge:
John contemplating the heft of this stick - yep, it's a good vegetation whacker:
We had a fun run downhill, with John (and his stick) moving trail brush out of the way and then running fast past me, repeat. A satisfying end to an excellent weekend.
No comments:
Post a Comment