Amherst & Northampton, MA ~ Daytrip

[Expat]

We took a quick day trip to Amherst & Northampton today. I didn't have time for a thorough tour or take as many pictures as I would have liked.

Amherst & Northampton are about 100 miles west of downtown Boston and very close to each other. Amherst is a primarily a college town with Amherst College, University of Massachusetts & Hampshire College. Northampton is a county seat and home of Smith College. Northampton is known for it's large LGBT community.

Like I said, this is not a complete tour, just a few pictures I managed to snap:

1.Downtown Amherst:


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8. Birthplace & lifelong home of Emily Dickinson:


9. Statue of Noah Webster (known as man behind the dictionary) on grounds of Amherst College. He was a co-founder of the college. It seems that he had unusally large hands & feet:


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12. I am calling this one "Losing Autumnal Grasp As Winter Approaches".


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15. Still Amherst College:


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18. This is Robert Frost. He taught at the Amherst College:


19. The rainbow flies all over Amherst & Northampton:


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22. I think we are still on Amherst campus:


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26. Now in downtown Northampton:


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My dad had a car like this when I was a wee lad in the 1960s. It was white with light-blue interior.


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46. A glimpse of new houses along the highway:


47. Crossing the Zakim Bridge means we are almost back home:


48. I took the following pics in Malden a few days ago:


49. Pine Banks Cemetary, Malden:


50. These are graves of veterans. Nicely decorated for Veterans Day.


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Thanks for looking!

[seaskyfan]

Another wonderful set!

Northampton is one of my favorite towns (and home to my sister so I get to visit fairly frequently).

[Expat]

Originally Posted by seaskyfan

Another wonderful set!

Northampton is one of my favorite towns (and home to my sister so I get to visit fairly frequently).

Northampton is fantastic. We went for the day and realized we want to go back and stay longer.

[atl2phx]

i've heard of amherst my entire life but have yet to visit.

great thread....it's nice to put a face to the name.

thanks!

[Danny]

Thanks a lot for these new pictures and thread, Expat!

Wonderful towns. It must be beautiful spend Fall there. I agree with you, it´s the best season in the year.

Pretty houses and beautiful landscape. I´d like to visit Amherst and Northampton, and Malden too. What a nice colours!

Enjoy Fall there! It´s spectacular!

Congrats and greetings from Madrid, Spain!

[ColDayMan]

Beautiful little towns!

[Nineties Flava]

IMO your best-shot thread yet. Great set.

[stepper77]

I visited Northampton in 2002 with my ex and in all my subsequent trips back to Massachusetts I was disappointed I didn't a chance to visit again. Great photos. The fall leaves are brilliant. Thanks!

[arkitekte]

You've been posting some killer threads lately. Keep it up!

[toyota74]

Its always a pleasure seeing your threads Xpat.Thanks for the
time you put into them.Love the old American cars in this one.

[xzmattzx]

Nice pictures. The natural setting for Amherst College is amazing!

[Expat]

@ATL2PHX - I've heard of Amherst for many years, too, and glad to see it for the first time!

@Danny - Thanks - I am glad you enjoyed the photographs!

@Coldayman - Many thanks!

@Nineties Flava - Nice comment! Thx!

@Stepper - The leaves were past peak, but still adding nice atmosphere.

@Arkitekte - Thanks for looking at my threads!

@ Toyota74 - Nice thing to say!

@xzmattzx - Yes, the natural setting is great!

[MonkeyRonin]

Northampton is great.

Any chance you'll do a Holyoke/Springfield tour one day?

[Expat]

Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin

Northampton is great.

Any chance you'll do a Holyoke/Springfield tour one day?

Yes, I am eager to explore Springfield & the entire region.

[seaskyfan]

Expat-

You might also like Williamstown and North Adams. North Adams is worth the trip for Mass MoCA alone.

http://www.massmoca.org/

It's also a quick trip over the border to Bennington, VT, and up Route 7 (a lovely drive up the west side of Vermont).

[Robert Pence]

Beautiful photos. My aunt was staff physician at Smith College in the late 1950s and lived outside Amherst. I spent a couple of weeks there in the summer after my high school graduation, and I was too much a self-absorbed, scatter-brained kid to appreciate the historic significance of the things around me.

One vivid memory - My aunt's house sat next to an old dam that formed a mill pond for a mill that had long since burned down. The local kids swam there, and I loved being in the water. I was used to temperate midwestern lakes, and I hadn't experienced water from springs and mountain streams. I jumped in and couldn't get out fast enough. The water was near-paralyzing cold for me, utterly painful. I never did get used to it.

[Expat]

^Ha! The folly of youth. When I was boy and traveling with my parents, I never paid attention to the historic destinations. As long as the hotel had color television & a swimming pool, I was happy.

[brickell]

I'm sure the first cold snap we have here will cure me quick, but the more New England I see in your threads the more I want to drop everything and live in one of these small towns. It's beautiful.

[Expat]

Originally Posted by brickell

I'm sure the first cold snap we have here will cure me quick, but the more New England I see in your threads the more I want to drop everything and live in one of these small towns. It's beautiful.

I am thinking half the time in New England and half in Florida!

[Coldrsx]

Beautiful area of the world.