Sunday Drive, Southeast Massachusetts, USA

There is something special, even timeless, about taking a beautiful drive on a two-lane country road in southeast Massachusetts. And it doesn't really  matter whether it is on a Sunday or not. The roads I especially like are particularly beautiful and typical for this area.

Southeast Massachusetts offers four distinct and intense seasons that leave no doubt about each of their main features:
Summer - warm, wet, lush, green.
Fall - crisp, breezy, a riot of color. 
Winter - bright, cold, nor'easters, snow and wind.
Spring - explosion of new life, color, and growth.

What a treat to start the car, roll down the windows, crank up the music, and cruise on lightly traveled roads at 25-30 mph through mixed oak, maple, and pine forests alongside natural wetlands while the music provides a soundtrack to my life. It's like being twenty-something again with my first car when the world was fresh and new and the possibilities in life were endless. (Except nowadays it's more comfortable than a used 1966 Volkswagen beetle with high mileage and a hole in the floorboard behind the front seat.....)

Plymouth County and its half million people are dotted all along the southeast coast of Massachusetts from south of Boston to the north of Cape Cod. Unlike when traveling in many foreign countries, in theory in the United States, each pedestrian has the right-of-way when crossing in a posted crosswalk - but I still look both ways and step out cautiously.