Oh, what a marvelous day today and I’ve got so much to “show and tell”. Restoration has just this month been completed on Skinner Mountain House atop the Holyoke Range. Originally built in 1861, and accessed by a steep tram, the then “Prospect House” was a popular destination.Even Jenny Lind stayed there! Greatly damaged by… Continue reading

…..delayed a bit because my camera was “non opperendi” but at last I have begged a few photos from friend hiker Tony. We hikers met at the Cushman Cafe parking lot in North Amherst and I was amazed to be on the Robert Frost Trail in just a few walking minutes from busy Amherst. Many… Continue reading

The weather report had the rain stopping by 10am, but it just got going hard at 10 and by then we were out on the trail. It rained all day, and we’re OK with hiking in the rain and don’t pay it much attention. We went to our old stomping grounds, The Two Bridges Trail… Continue reading

Lady Slippers, Lasagna, and Lots of Rain Today we thumbed our noses at the forecast and set out on Tony’s acreage in spite of the rain. Down through the lower pasture to walk along the swollen streams then back up and across Poland Road and into the woods where we followed the waterfalls to the… Continue reading