Day 13-Blackrock Creek

Trip Start Jun 23, 1980
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Trip End Aug 09, 1980


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Monday, July 7, 1980

I went into Williamstown to Clark Art Institute but it was closed on monday. (years later on another trip I went there and it is one of the nicest art muceums in the country-a lot of impresionist stuff and relaxed atmosphere).  Stopped at North Adams-Dunkin Donuts coffee and donut .....$.63.  Mister Donut and Dunkin Donut were generally the only national chain I stopped at on my travels-I was doing social research. Also this was my hot meal for the day.  Back then they were  interesting gathering spots of the locals, but the coffee became watered down and after they took out the counter service it was no longer the same, from being a hangout or meeting place it became just a stop and go.  (another quirky fact about donut shops and the yellow pages-in the yellow pages the only category for donut shops was spelled "doughnuts" but nowhere ever in my travels did I ever see a donut shop use that spelling-it was always "donut")  Heading east on 2 I stopped at Black Brook Road where two creeks meet.  I had seen that my muffler had broken away from the chassis the day a couple of days before so I took advantage of this stop to fix it.  Then I did a painting of Blackrock Creek.  I was planning on taking a dip when I was finished to get cleaned up but while I was painting  a couple guys and a gal went in the water  and a little later one of the guys was yelling he had leeches on him.  Heading east I got some supplies at Greenfield Food Mart and then to a rest stop on 2 near the Gardner exit for the night.  96.4 miles for the day   about $182.03 total expenses so far  1621 miles since trip started  my art website  http://home.earthlink.net/~greenvanartusa/index.html
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