Today, we picked the Berkshire community of Stockbridge to explore. With a population of just over 2,000, it is the smallest of the towns that we have visited. We started with a hike to a tower. It was a short but fairly steep hike and our first (almost) winter hike in a long time.
our bouldering days are behind us.
but the trail went around them.
Little scarey at the top, and sadly the view wasn’t that great.
After we returned to the car, we headed to the Norman Rockwell Museum. We weren’t planning to go in today, but I wanted to at least get a photo of it. We got some extra surprises.
on the way out of the downtown area.
It was built in 1878 by David Field, II,
the son of one of the church pastors.
What we didn’t know is that Norman Rockwell’s son Peter is a sculptor and some of his work is displayed on the grounds. If you’re using your (perhaps big) head, you’ll see where this is going.
Then we headed back into downtown to check out the shops. We found a few to poke through as well as some just classic New England style buildings and a fun old hotel.
which sold a lot of locally made items
There was a pianist playing Christmas music in the foyer.
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