View Full Version : Pics: Mohawk Trail drive - western Mass
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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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
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.:)
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.
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).
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:
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
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
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