Before leaving Hingham I finally was able to get a picture of this sign. Massachusetts has one for each of their towns and it's such a kick to drive from one town to another and see this sign with date of settlement started. Hard to get pictures because you don't know where the town line begins and there is no place to pull over for a quick stop and picture. It's a bummer. On this one I was lucky enough after a month to be driving towards sign and 1st at stoplight with camera next to me. ha! All these towns are so historic and have some wonderful history. Too bad so many have been neglected. Roads are terrible in most places and some are really run down while others thrive.. just like anywhere. Just interesting observations. I was taken so much with Hingham because we lived there for 5 weeks and it was so CLEAN! Loved the manicured yards and over 1800 historic homes and some still in residence of 13 generations! That is something in this young country with so littl
Although these pictures do not show all the color; the parkway was beautiful. Painted as only nature can do with trees of every color from deep reds to bright yellows with all sorts of gold and peach and greens intermixed. Stopped along the drive at a visitor center and found this old lock on a canal leading into the James River. This thing was built in early 1800's and very narrow. The thing is still there! They really knew how to build in those days - ha! Enjoyed the drive very much but alas day was cut short. Proceeded up the skyway when we came to road closed barricade. Wondering what was wrong we returned to the visitor center to learn #1 we had a flat tire?? and #2 the road had been closed partially due to ice and trees down from recent storm. Ok, so Early fixed tire and off we went for 2 new ones (he doesn't mess around). We did manage to take another drive on another day to try to capture some of what we had missed. 
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