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Sharp11
10-15-2006, 01:07 PM
Yesterday (Sat 10/14), I met with a couple of guys from the Z4 boards (www.Z4um.com) for a drive up the Mohawk Trail (route 2) from Greenfield Mass west to the "hairpin" in North Adams.

It's a beautiful drive just made for sports cars - in fact, there were several small groups of 'Vettes and Boxsters running the trail including a HUGE contingent of what seemed like 20 or so S2000's.

Some pics:

Left to right:

Murph914, Sharp11, and Orangewizard

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We walked around and had lunch in beautiful downtown Shelburne Falls

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Crossed this bridge (more than once)

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Then headed west up the trail to the infamous "hairpin" (visible in the upper left corner of my nav screen)

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Parked 'em nicely at the top and enjoyed the view

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The "hairpin" North Adams Mass

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The boys: Bill (murph's boyhood buddy), Murph914 and Orangewizard (I'm holding the camera) high above Mass and NY (opposite the hairpin)

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zach
10-15-2006, 01:28 PM
Are those guys from the Boston area? I saw two black Z4s in Concord yesterday parked together at a gas station and chatting. One had the red leather...
rumatt
10-15-2006, 01:35 PM
Yesterday was quite a day of car guy get-togethers. Yesterday I got passed by an impressive line of cars consisting of:

- Ford GT
- Aston Martin
- Bentley something or other
- Ferrari
- Porche GT3
- C6 Z06

And a few others too far ahead to recognize. What a mix.
lemming
10-15-2006, 01:36 PM
hi E.

thanks for the pictures! i was wondering where the hairpin was exactly and you pinpointed it for me.

that's beautiful. i was hoping to run the same route this weekend, but work and life kind of got in the way. :dunno:

(the z4 looks a little tight for some of them boys....)
Sharp11
10-15-2006, 01:49 PM
Lem: Maybe next spring we NE guys can all do a get-together and drive the trail, from Greenfield it's only about 60 miles or so.

Rumatt: Yes, man, what a day for gatherings, I also saw quite a few antiques heading up I91, I suspect to some sort of show or another. Got stuck behind a very slow caravan on the I84/I91 interchange only to find it was a funeral procession with a big sign on the back of the hearse which read "we love you Vic" - a surreal day in many ways.

Zascavant: That sounds like the boys, Concord would be route 2, yes? They came up from the Boston - Duxbury area. Murph's car has a dream red (nice) interior.

Ed
FC
10-15-2006, 05:23 PM
Lem: Maybe next spring we NE guys can all do a get-together and drive the trail, from Greenfield it's only about 60 miles or so.

Sign me up.:)
zach
10-15-2006, 08:13 PM
Lem: Maybe next spring we NE guys can all do a get-together and drive the trail, from Greenfield it's only about 60 miles or so.

Rumatt: Yes, man, what a day for gatherings, I also saw quite a few antiques heading up I91, I suspect to some sort of show or another. Got stuck behind a very slow caravan on the I84/I91 interchange only to find it was a funeral procession with a big sign on the back of the hearse which read "we love you Vic" - a surreal day in many ways.

Zascavant: That sounds like the boys, Concord would be route 2, yes? They came up from the Boston - Duxbury area. Murph's car has a dream red (nice) interior.

Ed

Yep, I saw them right off of route 2. It must have been them.

Weird.
lemming
10-15-2006, 08:47 PM
shouldn't FC and Z have new cars by then?

LOL.
equ
10-19-2006, 08:15 PM
The croc would like to join the party too... (I should watch the regional forum a bit more carefully) I'd get to show it to FC (hee hee).
FC
10-20-2006, 08:26 AM
The croc would like to join the party too... (I should watch the regional forum a bit more carefully) I'd get to show it to FC (hee hee).

That could be trouble if it is late next year.:eeps:
Alan
10-26-2006, 02:36 PM
Cool pics ... why did I always think you were older ? ?
Sharp11
10-26-2006, 03:01 PM
Cool pics ... why did I always think you were older ? ?

I'm the guy in the middle in the first pic, I'll be 50 in March.

Ed
FC
10-26-2006, 03:11 PM
I'm the guy in the middle in the first pic, I'll be 50 in March.

Ed

That's still young.:)
lupinsea
11-10-2006, 12:12 AM
Wow, gorgeous scenery and countryside. It looks like a great place to go driving. Very nice, Ed. Makes me miss my Miata and the top down driving enjoyment.
Sharp11
11-10-2006, 12:28 AM
Wow, gorgeous scenery and countryside. It looks like a great place to go driving. Very nice, Ed. Makes me miss my Miata and the top down driving enjoyment.

Thanks Lupe.

One of the things I never counted on was how much enjoyment a sports car could deliver for just classic, ambling-around-through-the-countryside driving.

Fortunately, we have great places to drive.

Ed