Our visits to the state of Massachusetts occurred in 1990 as part of the trip to visit my parents when they lived in Schenectady, New York. This particular trip took us through a number of states on the drive to New York and then other day trips.
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AI Generated Image of an 1800's scene
Maryland is remembered fondly by my wife and I for a day trip we made to Boston with my dad, and by a day trip I mean hours and hours of driving but only about an hour in Boston. While he was taking care of his errand, we took a walk around the downtown areas, with a special interest in Beacon Hill. That was a place my wife had heard about and was thrilled to see it in person. We didn't have cell phones in 1990 (some people might have but we didn't) so we had to guess how long my dad would take, and I guessed an hour. I don't remember who waited for whom, but we met back at the car at roughly the same time. Then we drove back into New York.
The Round Stone Barn, a good name for it
Got to have a sign somewhere on site
Living Quarters
Since it was our ten year anniversary right around this time, my wife wanted to do something special, which meant something she wanted to do and I would despise. She directed me to this former Shaker Village that emerged in the towns of Hancock, Pittsfield, and Richmond in the 1780s, organized in 1790, and was active until the year1960. She was excited, me not so much, but such is married life. Pittsfield is just inside the Massachusetts border when driving in from the west and we were shocked that it only took a half hour to drive up to the border. Illinois is six hours or so from north to south and Massachusetts perhaps an hour. Looking at the paper map (pre-GPS days) made it seem the state went on forever but before we knew it the state ended. We continued on a bit further and ran into a covered bridge in Bennington, Vermont, and took some pictures which you can see on the Vermont page. And then we headed back to New York.
Until next time,
Arktander
(aka David Andreasen)
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