April 2nd 2017: The Hadley Falls Canal Park, South Hadley

As the weather was nice out today, we decided to head out west, our first destination in South Hadley

South Hadley Public Library

being the Hadley Falls Canal Park, consisting of the Lower Riverside Park, the Texon Mill Park and Gateway Park, which is only open by appointment.

The gate was locked, but we managed to find a way around the fence, and apparently by doing so we were trespassing, as the place does not open till May. Anyway, the Lower Riverside Park portion of it was more a walk in the woods,

with not so good views of the dam,

and a view of the old Hadley canal,

but we managed to find a pathway to the Texon Mill Park portion,

where we could walk right up to the side of the falls.

barred by a fence of course.

From here, we headed into the town of Holyoke,

Old Holyoke Train Station, 12 Bowers Street

Old Fire Station, 5 North Canal Street

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church

Old South Holyoke Fire Station,
452 Main Street

Carlos Vega Park

Christian Pentecostal Church

Caledonia Building

stopping by the Holyoke Heritage State Park area,

with the City Hall nearby.

Finally, it was on into Springfield,

Holy Cross Church

Heritage Baptist Church

Evangelical Covenant Church

Pioneer Valley Christian Academy

St. Mark's Armenian Church

where we had dinner at Soc Trang Vietnamese Restaurant, a Vietnamese place in a crappy part of town.

We got the Bun Bo Hue (Hot and Spicy Lemongrass Soup)

and the Mee Ka Thang (Khmer style rice noodles stir fried).

The Cambodian dish was like any Chinese rice noodle dish I have had in the past, although the noodle soup was pretty tasty.

With that, a short day of enjoying the spring weather came to an end. Looking forward to more days like this in future.