NW Corner trivia: 35 years ago, before the tourists and weekenders arrived en masse, the section of town on the village side of the bridge was, for lack of a better term, not unlike a rural version of Haight Ashbury. Good times. It's fairly respectable there now, with a coat of paint on everything and the streets sweeped up pretty good. Lotta colorful characters back then - like Ed & Chip - Ed's car was broken down one day, so with Chip standing on the drawbar, Ed rode his Farmall tractor 13 miles up the RR tracks to Falls Village to get to the liquor store by 8 PM closing time. I expect that was an interesting ride to & fro. I played in a bar band at a little dive there years ago. One night Ed danced his way up to the guitarist and started squawking about "Play that song about..." Without lifting his gaze from the fretboard, the guitarist reared a leg and booted Ed in the arse, sending him spinning back into the dance throng. Ed never missed a step, and neither did the guitarist.
The stretch of river south of the covered bridge is "a tremendous trout fishery, and is considered by many as one of the best in the eastern half of the United States."
http://www.flyfishingconnection.com/housatonicriver.htmlJust don't eat the fish - they're full of PCBs from the GE plant in Pittsfield.
