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Sharp11 10-15-2006 01:07 PM

Pics: Mohawk Trail drive - western Mass
 
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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sharp11 (Post 119504)
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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sharp11 (Post 119504)
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

Quote:

Originally Posted by equ (Post 119969)
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:


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