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
One of our most favorite places is the Redwood forest in Northern California! They are such giants and so peaceful and quiet! Of course saying that I hope and pray I am never in the vacinity to hear one of these monsters fall! That would be scary! We were told by one of the volunteers that they were there when a tree fell and thought it was an earthquake! These trees really splinter when they fall too so it could be deadly with the giant splinters! Despite all that, we love it here and although we have been here many times, the magnificent trees always enthrall us! As big as they are, they are are nearly impervious to fire and although they are too large to suck up the water from the ground their tree top, they thrive on the fog that comes in off the Pacific! I do wish sometimes I could be a child again so I could romp and play hide n seek! I never visited here when a youngster and each time I do now I just know it would be so much fun to be child and able to climb and run and play! Earl played here as a youngster and am sure that is why he loves it so too.
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