Becky and I explored the top of Mt. Tom on Sunday, heading south from the top to see what was there.  I had heard about the high rock cliffs but we'd never been.  We didn't make it too far, only going for about one and a half hours, but there were plenty of beautiful vistas and flowers.  I don't know what most of them are but they're pretty.

There were also a number of vultures cruising around, riding the updrafts rising from Easthampton far below.  Not as pretty, but impressive. 

This flower smelled like honey-suckle, almost, but isn't.

Basalt cliffs.  It's always interesting climbing around Mt. Tom to see the layers of sedimentary rock alternating with the baslat lava flows.  These cliffs looked rickety, lots of faults and cracks, plus the debris of previous rock falls several hundred feet below.

I think that's what these vultures were waiting for.