Information office at Deerfield. This historic town about an hours drive north of Springfield has a powerful history and is virtually as it was in the 1700’s. French forces in conjunction with Indians friendly to them raided the town in …..and carried off many people as hostages/slaves and marched North with them to Canada along the Mohawk Trail.
Tourist shop, left and hotel to the right.
Inside Hotel
Gravestone, which tells a story.
Deerfield is the location for The Deerfield Academy which takes students from 12 to 17, many from the families of the rich and famous. Cathy went inside and saw results of a debate and was surprised to read that the students supported Republicans and Democrats in equal numbers.
As it was Memorial day there was a special event which was over by the time we got there. But these two friendly ladies (Both with family military ties) who were looking after the catering were happy to chat.
After Deerfield we moved on further up the Mohawk Trail to Shelburne. The “Bridge of Flowers” is to the left.
The bridge used to be for trolley buses but has now been converted to a flower garden.
Shelburne is also famous for its Falls and unusual rock formations created during the glacial times.
Magnificent scenery everywhere but you wouldn’t catch me swimming in there.
The dam holding back the water above the falls looks like an accident waiting to happen to me.
There is an antique shop in Shelburne and guess what, we found a bargain!!
Massachusetts put on it's best face for us. Miles and miles of leafy territory. It’s easy to understand why the early pioneers fought among themselves for the biggest piece of the pie.
Today we set off for Canada. 6 hours driving to Rideau Lakes which we plan to do with a stop over in the Adirondack (pronounced locally as A-dee-ron-dack) Mountains, so there will probably be a gap in the blog.
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