The declared aim of our second U.S. visit was to see the famous Indian Summer in the northern part of New England. We sailed Zefiro back to Gloucester, and switched from “sail power’’ to “horsepower”. Our destinations were the states of New Hampshire and Vermont. The most colorful and intense foliage was supposed to be there. But to our great disappointment nasty "Irene” crossed our path for the second time. Leaving behind a trail of destruction in late August, the hurricane unexpectedly chose to not go out to sea but to turn inland where it destroyed large parts of Vermont and by carrying a great deal of salt water in its whirl winds also damaging many tress and its foliage.
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| "Irene" destroyed roads and many of the famous covered bridges ... |
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| ... but luckily not all. |
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| Everything pointed towards fall... |
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| ... and Halloween... |
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| ... sometimes with slight exaggeration. |
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While we enjoyed beautiful hydrangeas in summer, it was the fast vast
presentation of chrysanthemums, which we liked in autumn. |
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| Montpellier, the capital of Vermont. |
Getting more and more annoyed by the destroyed roads and dreary places we headed south, back to Massachusetts.
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| We found beautiful foliage. |
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And even better: impressive museums.
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In particular, the MASS MoCA in North Adams, it has done to us. Some extremely interesting installations were presented in gigantic halls.
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| Like the one of Berlin based artist Katharina Grosse ... |
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... the Jamaican Nari Ward ... |
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| ... American painter Sol Lewitt ... |
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| …and Düsseldorf’s famous art professor Joseph Beuys! |
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