Springfield to Northampton

After eating breakfast, I headed off for the relatively short two hour ride up to Northampton, MA.  Robin, a close friend who I know through our time at Mount Allison University, is on exchange at Smith College for the semester and I was very excited to see her.  Riding into town was pretty mellow all-in-all, and riding into the downtown it was clearly a picturesque place.  Robin and I found each other and, with some minor squealing, headed up to campus to put my stuff in her residence room.

I spent two nights at Robin's and had a great time.  She showed me around the town and campus, took me along to several tasty meal hall meals, and we just enjoyed lounging in the sun and seeing a friendly, familiar face.  The beautiful sunshine and relatively high temperatures made for an extra enjoyable visit to be slothful outdoors.  I was also happy to get the chance to meet some of Robin's friends from the university and share in her life for a wee bit.  We even had a granola-making party on the second evening so I would have some snacks for the road. Simply awesome.

The ride to Northampton.  For whatever reason (likely being distracted by Robin's well-missed cackle and company), my camera stayed in my bag for the rest of my stay.