Day one of Summer '13 and we decided to head west to the immortal village of Belchertown, MA, where, among many other attractions, you can get excellent corned beef hash at The Roadhouse. This is a tiny improvised extablishment with delicious food, unchanged for at least 20 years since my college friends and I first discovered it. The guys both went with the hash--"yum" says Louis; "yum" says Nicholas. When asked, just now, for a quote about the restaurant, Nicholas replied: "Elementary, my dear Watson" and Louis replied "May the force be with you." Both are assuredly quotes.
Next we hit Plimpton Dormitory at Amherst College, where we scaled the rear fire escape and hung out on the roof. This shot suggests the philosophical mood prompted by the long vistas visible from the roof and the sense of passing time prompted by returning to an old haunt. Nicholas's quote: "They're always after me Lucky Charms"; Louis says "Geicko--fifteen minutes might save you fifteen percent on insurance." Again--technically both are quotes, though not relevant quotes.
Finally, though both kids object to classifying it as "weird," we hopped over to the Emily Dickinson homestead and museum. This place is remarkable, particularly the "other house," Evergreens, which remains in the exact state it was left in twenty years ago when the last Dickinson to live there died. Very creepy and affecting to see the victorian playroom of young Gib Dickinson who died so young, with all his toys and things untouched since that time.
That's all for now. We head next to the nearby Norumbega Tower, where a daft Harvard professor "dicovered" a Viking settlement in Weston, MA.
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