Saturday, September 26, 1987
After lunch we drove up RI/MA-146 to Sutton, MA.
Just off the highway was the Purgatory Chasm State Reservation where the speed
limit suddenly became 15 mph. We passed a picnic area, and the next parking lot
was for the chasm, a rocky fissure that we hiked through for a half-mile,
climbing over tumbled rocks.
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| Purgatory Chasm |
The average width was 40’ and the depth ranged
from 48-70’. The rocks were piled haphazardly in such a way to create “caves”
in which dozens of boys of all ages were climbing, many with flashlights. We
hiked through the chasm, and a bit beyond, seeing lots of mushrooms and pieces
of pomegranate!
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| Puffball mushroom |
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| Stream |
We returned to the chasm to let the boys climb under the rocks.
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| Erich |
Next we climbed to walk along the upper edge and saw Fat Man’s Misery, a crack
in the rock.
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| Looking down |
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| Fat Man's Misery |
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| More fungi |
We let the boys do some more exploring, then headed home.
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