A busy couple of days getting hit continuously by old memories

[jon_chaisson]

emmalyon and I took a few roadtrips yesterday and today, visiting old haunts and taking multiple pictures. Yesterday we went down to the Amherst/Northampton area to check out stores (read: so Emm can visit Webs and I can visit Newbury Comics). A very good amount of money was spent, many pictures were taken, and yes, I even held my breath through Shutesbury for a second time!* We ended the day going to Eddie's, the local restaurant where I still say they make THE BEST CLAM CHOWDAH EVAH. Good stuff! Unfortunately I was unable to get a hold of my friend Bruce as we didn't have time, and oddly enough my phone had gone dead...I'm going to have to call him up and let him know!

As for today, we went up to Keene via Rt 32** and stopped up at Colony Mill Marketplace. I find it terribly amusing that instead of the usual science fiction or new age books I used to buy up there, I ended up buying not one but two YA novels! Emm has definitely changed my reading habits...Anyway, both there and back we made a few stops to take plenty of pictures. We stopped twice (to and from Keene) at Tully Dam, and got some really nice foliage and water pictures, which of course I will post when I have the time. We also stopped at Doane's Falls to take more pictures...we didn't head down the path to the bottom but took some pix of the top part of it. Finally we headed home (but not before we took a quick drive-by picture of the cabin on the lake where h58 had his Fiascos.

And I got to end today by throwing the football around with my sisters, just like the old days. Felt good to do that again, even if I'm quite sure I'll be feeling it tomorrow...

Tomorrow and Sunday will also be fun-packed, as we will visit with more relatives, then spend a fun-filled evening over at h58's house with the gang, then Sunday spend the day with my good friend dollydelusion!! Fun! :D

I will be writing a much more detailed posted over on jonchaisson sometime in the next few days, as I do have some writing and personal stuff I'd like to extend on, but for now we're just about flat-out tired, as it's nearing 9:30 and we're just about out of steam.

More soon! :)


* For those of you not from Massachusetts or not familiar with Western MA, there's a section of 202 where you enter Shutesbury, go about 400 feet, and then re-enter New Salem. I started a thing with head58 and others a long time ago where we'd "hold our breath through Shutesbury".

** Note to drivers--this is a state road that has been in dire need of major renovation for YEARS. This is not a good road to drive on if your suspension sucks or have a weak stomach!

Comments

[head58.livejournal.com]

The old cottage is still there? I totally want to see the picture. My grandparents sold that years ago and I really get nostalgic for it a lot.

Wow. Those fiascos were what, 18 years ago? So that means we've known Moth for 18 years now????

[dasmarzipan.livejournal.com]

Nothing's wrong with a little reading variety... which YA books?