Farewell

 

As I bid farewell to Massachusetts, my plane passed over Fort Independence there in the foreground and the islands of Boston Harbor beyond. 

Mt. Tom North Trailhead Park

Old Pascommuck

 

As I was setting out on yet another trail, this time near Northampton, Massachusetts, I happened across this memorial. 

Hemlock Trail II

 

The rest of the Hemlock Trail led me back along the shore of the Upper Hemlock Lake . . .

past some lovely mountain laurel . . .

and the remnants of a quintessentially New England-style rock fence.

Hemlock Trail

 

Follow the Highland Lake Trail long enough and you can eventually connect with the Hemlock Trail, which quite understandably leads you through a lovely Hemlock forest.

NEMBA

 

I'll have to admit being a little mystified by these letters I found along the Highland Lake Trail. Turns out, NEMBA stands for the New England Mountain Bike Association, whose members, I presume, help maintain the trail.

Highland Lake Trail III

 

This is not a trail marker we're used to down south. :-)