 The sign at the corner of Zena
Road, where Rick lived in 1969 and where the photo on the back
cover of the Brown Album (a.k.a. The Band) was taken. Also where
the "Hudson on the Hudson" photos were taken. |
 The
corner of Zena Road and Joy Road, which turns into John Joy
Road, where the front cover photo of the Brown Album was
taken. |
We saw this faun on the side of Zena Road. As we would soon
discover, there seems to be a strange connection between deer
and places where Rick lived. No wonder that famous incident
occurred... |
 A
marvellous view from John Joy Road. I was quite appalled to
discover, however, that the road itself is now paved.
So I couldn't get a Brown Album-ish photo of myself. |
 Here
I am at the corner of Ohayo Mountain Rd. and Spencer Road,
where Richard and Garth lived after Big Pink. Ohayo Mountain,
which we drove up to get to Spencer, is insanely twisty, with
zillion-foot drops all over the place. Rick's bad car accident
was around here, on the way to Richard's and Garth's from
Wittenberg Rd. |
 Levon
describes Richard's and Garth's place on Spencer Road as
having had a nice view of the Ashokan Reservoir (above). This
area was the most beautiful place to live of any of the
Band-related spots we visited. |
 It was twilight
by the time we got to Wittenberg Road, where Rick and Levon
lived in 1968 (also, where the famous Big Pink group photo was
taken), so my attempt at photographing the road sign (at
right) ended up unreadable because of the reflective paint.
But on the left you can (barely) make out the deer "next 2 1/2
miles" warning sign, which sure was true...! |
As I said, places Rick lived and deer... There was a whole
herd of them (a lot more than in this photo) in a field, and
they were very unafraid. I was only about ten feet away from some
of them, and could've gotten closer, but I didn't want to trespass.
Further down the road, two more were nonchalantly eating at the
edge of a yard, a few feet from a boy playing ball. Pretty
unreal. |