We were able to wrap it up about 3 o'clock and head out for something fun to do. Brought the bikes in case the opportunity for a ride presented itself. Kelly had read something about Colonial Harvest Day in Westfield, so there we went.
To get there we passed by the Great River Bridge project.
Basically, their building a new bridge that matches one built in the 1930's, and rehabilitating the original. When completed each bridge will handle traffic in one direction, and hopefully this will ease the traffic congestion that currently plagues this section of the city.
Can you see this sign?
This guy didn't.
We got to the town green, around which the event was being held.
Although it wasn't the most elaborate town event we've ever seen, it was fairly well attended, and everyone seemed to be having fun. There isn't alot of area in Westfield's town green for an event like this. To compensate, the various booths, exibits and attractions were spread out from the green, and down nearby Court St., which was closed to traffic.
This guy had an interesting booth with Native American type stuff, a lot of snakeskins, horns and turtle shells made into utensils, jewelry, musical instruments, ect.
These people were learning how to Doe-See-Doe their hearts out.
There was a large used book sale outside the local library. I picked up three books for $1.50.
According to a flyer I read, this event was put together by a non-profit organization called "Westfield on Weekends". They have several events throughout the year to promote civic pride and education of local history and heritage.
We continued on to Rt. 10 north, and stopped at the Red Rock Pizza, to grab something to eat.
From there we drove through Easthampton. Having our bikes with us, we gave the Manhan Trail another spin, to burn off some of the freshly acquired calories.It was beautiful as always as we rode in the cool autumn air.
Another nice sunset as we loaded up the bikes and got ready to head back.
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