Well Rosemary and I both wanted to see the "Fall" colours and there was promise of some trains and Whale watching so off we went on a "Great Railway Journeys" trip, was very enjoyable but more of a "Great Coach Journey"!
We flew into Boston and transferred to Falmouth arriving late evening, overcast in the morning but went for a walk down to the front round the harbour and into town, a very nice spot.
Our digs, family run and very comfortable

One of the local houses

And the Church

We found several good eateries and watering holes in town, some lovely fish and one of my favourites Clam Chowder! An Irish bar had a good selection of beers

And a range of Irish whisky

A great place to stay
We went across to Martha's Vineyard from there, holiday home for the rich and famous
And in Edgartown Dr Daniel Fisher's house, reputedly the richest man on the island in his day 1840, now a popular wedding venue.

A much more important building Restaurant & bar! Which as well as serving good craft beers provide a superb Lobster roll at a very reasonable $12 a real meal.

And on to Oak Bluffs, part of the harbour with on the right a restaurant that Obama uses, the island apparently goes into a virtual lockdown when he's there.

A couple of the "Gingerbread Houses" home to early settlers.

A picturesque back street

And then back to Falmouth ready to move on more of which later. All coach and boat travel so far!

Cheers    David

Lovely pics, David
I recall Boston goes berserk on St.Patrick's Day, too.
Sorry to be pedantic but the Irish spell 'whiskey' with an 'e'

Great pics, David... keep 'em coming! 

George

Thanks for the pics.
I like seeing a few pictures of other people's trips.

I'm envious!

thanks for the pics, I really miss the fall in Nova Scotia since I left, and New England is very similar, If I had my way I'd spend a few months in the fall in the North East every year!  Post more pics when you can !

Cheers

Graham

So on the coach to Boston we stopped at Plymouth to view the "Mayflower" replica

And the "rock"

The rock monument and Mayflower

And continuing to Boston our first taste of the fall

Reflections on the lake


And finally a train! The "Downeaster" which was to take us to Portland

An announcement by the Amtrak conductor told us that "the Café car was at the rear of the train which was at the opposite end to the direction of travel"! you couldn't make it up. When I stopped laughing I went down there and was rewarded with brewed in Portland

Portland to North Conway by coach where we stayed in a modern hotel attached to a retail park! However in the morning we set off for the White Mountains and the Mount Washington Cog Railway

Our Brakeman (he earns his corn on the way down) and the track

In parts the track is 1 in 3 so the loco has to work hard

The Cog driving system

The view from the top, you can see the track crossing the top right corner of the sign

Another view from the top showing the Mt Washington resort hotel, nice golf course!

The Brakeman at work, he uses those 2 wheels to brake the front and rear axles, it requires regular adjustments to maintain the distance to the engine over the varying gradients and it is NOISY.

The original loco

The railway workers used this for a quick way down 3.5 miles ¾ hour by train just over 3 minutes on this!

In use!

The Mt Washington resort at ground level

Well that's enough excitement for one day, cheers for now    David

 
Keep 'em coming, David

Great pictures of what looks like a great trip.
Any more pictures ?   Please

Love it! Keep 'em coming David. Wouldn't want to catch that trolley home from the pub! 

Very nice photos. Keep 'em coming!

Fall foliage colors are at their absolute peak in NE Pennsylvania where I am this weekend. Our place is at about 1800ft elevation which means fall comes a few weeks earlier than at the coast on Cape Cod, even though the Cape is about the same latitude as here.

Sounds like you live up in the Gods like me mate in NZ.

You require oxygen in winter then. 

George

Quote from: Bealman on October 10, 2014, 11:50:18 PM
Sounds like you live up in the Gods like me mate in NZ.

You require oxygen in winter then. 

George

Come on George, the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania are just little bumps! We were out in Colorado at 9900ft in August - the Aspens were starting to change color way back then!!!

Mike I knew that 

Awesome pics! Thanks for sharing. Gorgeous.

Quote from: scottmitchell74 on October 11, 2014, 12:51:21 AM
Awesome pics! Thanks for sharing. Gorgeous.

Don't call me Gorgeous.