Mohawk Trail

Mt. Tom State Park

View of North Hampton from the tower at the top of Mt. Tom.

Looking down on the pick-up from an observation tower.

Look for the church steeple in this photo and then see if you can find the same steeple in 

the first Mt. Tom picture.

Road through the woods at Mt. Tom State Park.

Built the road around this fallen rock column; one lane on each side.

Our truck goes between the rocks!

MOHAWK TRAIL

We drove the Mohawk Trail from Williamstown to Greenfield at the top of Massachusetts.

First Congregational Church, Williamstown

The Clark 

Building designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando is in Williamstown.  This fine art museum has an outstanding collection of French Impressionists, Old Masters, and American paintings.  Below are some of the paintings we saw in the American Paintings Gallery. 

West Point, Prout's Neck, Winslow Homer

Undertow, Winslow Homer

Portrait of George Washington, Gilbert Stuart

Friend or Foe? (The Scout), Frederic Remington

Natural Bridge State Park

Old marble quarry that operated from 1810 until 1947.

White marble dam; the marble was formed when limestone was metamorphosed and recrystallized by tremendous pressure and heat during mountain formation.

Another view of the waterfall in North Adams.

Glacial erosion cut the chasm deeper and deeper. 

Scott checking out the rock formations...  Dad and Thomas, do you remember this place?  We stopped here when we drove the Mohawk Trail in 2000.

The only natural water-eroded bridge in North America.

The chasm is 475 feet long and 60 feet deep.

Look at these tiny cones that Scott found!  We think it's an Eastern Hemlock.

Whitcomb Summit

View from 2,173 foot summit.

Buckhorn

Charlemont

Near the Deerfield River

"Hail to the Sunrise" monument in memory of the Mohawk Indian was erected in 1932 by the Improved Order of the Red Men.

Cabins to rent...

Indian Bridge over the Deerfield River.

Little Red School

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Steps

The school was closed but I peeked in the window to find it fully furnished with teacher's desk, student desks, slates, hornbooks, everything you might find in a school from 1828.

Rock wall around school.

Kitschy souvenir shop along the Mohawk Trail. 

Shelburne Falls

Bridge of Flowers, old trolley bridge .

Dahlia on the bridge

"Sweet Autumn" Clematis

I really like this plant - might have to get one for the woodshed, would look good with the purple clematis already there.

View from bridge

Heliotrope - smells so sweet!

Salmon Falls

Glacial potholes were formed several million years ago and range in size from 6 inches to 39 feet.  This is one of the largest known concentrations of potholes and the largest on record.

Glacial rocks rolled around and around in the water until they wore a hole in the rock underneath creating a giant's kettle or pothole.  Sometimes they are even formed underneath the glacier.

Fishing at Salmon Falls

Hanging mum baskets at the Yankee Candle Village in South Deerfield.

We drove through historic Deerfield but didn't stop this trip.  If you drive the Mohawk Trail I highly recommend exploring the 11 museum houses in Deerfield Village, first settled in 1669.