December 26th 2016: Hunting for Dinosaurs, Tigers and Airplanes

I headed out West today, passing by Spencer,

American Legion Post 138

 starting off with Breakfast at the Roadhouse Cafe, a diner in Belchertown. With my deal in hand,  I got a Hot Chocolate,

The Roadhouse Egg Casserole (Applewood bacon, Caramelized onions,  Chicken, Cauliflower,  broccoli, Tomatoes in Egg Casserole blended with Provolone,  mozzarella and cheddar cheese. Served with home fries),

Which came with a side of Coffee Cake,

And the Eggs Benedict (English muffin,  Canadian bacon, Poached egg, hollandaise sauce with home fries).

Except for the drink,  Which came nicely presented in a huge Mug,  everything else was just ordinary,  If not less, the casserole being really bland. Not coming back for sure.

With all the snow on the ground,  I decided not to do any hiking today, opting to go on a treasure hunt to find painted dinosaurs in the town of Granby instead.

Lucky Horse Farm

I also found one,  though a little different,  at the Happy Days Family Fun Spot, a mini golf place.

While passing through the town of South Hadley, I happened to spot a Painted Tiger outside Buttery Brook Park,

Which started me on my hunt for more of them in town,

Plains Elementary School

ERA

Peoples Bank, 494 Newton Street

Mosier Elementary School

Michael E Smith Middle School

Gaylord Memorial Library

Lecca Park, East Street and Morgan Street

Easthampton Savings Bank, 605 Granby Road

Clean Run

South Hadley High School

E Ink

Town Hall, 116 Main Street

Which led me over the Willimansett Bridge 

to the town of Holyoke,

Old Permalin Manufacturing Company,
15 Water Street

Old Norman Paper Company,
400 Water Street

where I was unable to find a Tiger unfortunately.

Resuming my travels,  I went into Chicopee for lunch at Priya Indian Cuisine. A pretty nice place, being located within the Days Inn Springfield/Chicopee.

I got the Chilli Bhaji (Chilli Pepper stuffed with ground peanuts in batter fried style)

And the Lamb Cochin (Tender Lamb stir fried in South Indian style with mustard, ginger, black peppercorns and coconut).

Although the Chilli was literally flavor less,  at least the Lamb Curry tasted really unique, unlike any curry I have had, in a good way of course.

Overall, I might just come back here again.

I spent the rest of my day looking for painted airplanes around town,  of which there were several.

McKinstry Market Garden

Don Roy's Auto Body

Peoples Bank, 610 Memorial Drive

Hu Ke Lau

Interstate Towing

Pioneer Packaging

King Ward Coach Lines

Essentra

Peoples Bank, 1936 Memorial Drive

Ted Ondrick Company

Westfield Bank, 435 Burnett Road

With that, a pretty fun day hunting for fiberglass statues in 3 different towns was finally at an end.