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
Working our way north we stayed a few nights near St Mary's just above Mays Lake with a wonderful view of Mt St Helens in the distance. Of course she is hard to see because her top is missing. She blew her top back in May of 1980 (a day I well remember)! Lovely view our 1st day here and from then on someone let the word out we had returned to Washington and the flood gates were opened. We never did have another opportunity to see this view... the clouds moved in that very evening and STAYED! So funny and typical but yes, this is Washington and this is typical June weather. We know this but somehow after spending a delightful winter in the sunshine and clear blue skies we somehow dimmed the memory of the grey, wet days. ha! While in this area we did venture out one day to visit the Mossyrock dam and the Mays Dam on the cowlitz river. One note, our son-in-law caught a wonderful 10lb king salmon on this very river just a few days before we arrived! It is a favorite fishing hole just below May's dam. 
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