TRANQUIL SPOT JUST STEPS AWAY FROM CITY TRAFFIC.
>> OUR WATERFALL ROAD TRIP HAS TAKEN US TO THE FARTHERMOST REACHES OF MASSACHUSETTS BUT HERE'S A LITTLE SECRET.
IF YOU TIME IT RIGHT YOU CAN GET YOUR FALLS FIX RIGHT HERE IN BOSTON'S BACKYARD.
>> IT FEELS LIKE A SECRET.
IT'S LOVELY.
>> WE'VE TEAMED UP WITH TERRY, GREG AND THEIR KIDS.
THEY LEAD US ON A SHORT WALK TO THE CASCADE ON THE EDGE OF THE FELLS IN MELROSE.
>> IT'S SO CLOSE, YOU CAN SEE THE TRAFFIC RIGHT OVER THERE.
>> AND THE SUBWAY IS JUST DOWN THE STREET.
>> COOK, WHO WRITES THE ARTS BLOG WONDER LAND, COMES FROM THE MIDWEST.
SO HAVING A WATERFALL NEAR HIS HOME FEELS EXOTIC.
>> IT'S LIKE FLAT WHERE I'M FROM.
SO IT'S MUCH EASIER FOR BIKING.
>> THE CASCADE IS AN OCCASIONAL PHENOMENON.
BEST IN THE SPRINGTIME AND AFTER HARD RAINS.
STILL, IT HARDLY FEELS LIKE THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITHIN A FEW MILES OF THIS WILD AND LOVELY GLEN.
>> IT'S LIKE YOU'RE IN URBAN BOSTON, METRO BOSTON.
YOU CAN TAKE THE T HERE AND TAKE A LITTLE WALK THROUGH THE WOODS AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE AT DRACONIAN NOTCH.
>> WATERFALL COUNTRY IN MASSACHUSETTS BEGINS A FEW HOURS OUTSIDE OF BOSTON.
WHAT IF WE WERE TO TELL YOU THERE IS A WAY TO BRING THE FALLS TO YOU.
>> IT'S THE WATERFALL SOLUTION FOR THOSE WHO WOULD PREFER NOT TO LEAVE THEIR BACKYARD.
>> THE RESERVOIR ON THIS HOLDS ABOUT A THOUSAND GALLONS AND THE PUMP IS 10 THOUSAND GALLONS PER HOUR SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT FLOW.
>> SHAWN AND HIS COMPANY SPECIALIZE IN CREATING PONDS, FOUNTAINS, AND, YES, WATERFALLS.
>> WE ACTUALLY GO ON HIKES, AND WE GO LOOK AT NATURAL STREAMS AND WATERFALLS TO GET INSPIRATION FOR THE WORK WE DO.
>> THIS ELABORATE BACKYARD INSTALLATION IS A REGULAR TOWER OF BABEL, CONSISTING OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF WATERFALLS, HORSETAIL, SHEET, CASCADE.
>> THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WE GET IS THEY CAN'T GET THEIR GUESTS TO LEAVE WHEN THEY COME OVER TO VISIT.
>> BUT HE SAYS YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BIG TO GET A LARGE IMPACT.
>> IF YOU HAVE A SMALL YARD LIKE MINE YOU CAN DO SOMETHING THAT'S IN GOOD TASTE AND FITS RIGHT INTO WHAT YOU HAVE.
>> BARBER MILLER, A REALTOR, LIVING -- WANTED TO LIVEN THINGS UP IN HER TINY BACKYARD.
>> IT BRINGS ME A LOT OF PLEASURE.
I SLEEP WITH MY WINDOW ON PURPOSE SO I CAN HEAR IT.
IT ADDS VALUE, BEING A REALTOR, I ALWAYS THINK OF THAT, OF COURSE.
>> HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THE UNIVERSAL APPEAL OF WATERFALLS?
>> TO ME IT'S THAT SAME FEELING WHEN YOU SIT AROUND THE CAMPFIRE AND YOU JUST GET LOST WATCHING THE FLAMES.
>> IT'S THE MYSTERY, THE I FIN IN -- INFINITY OF RUNNING WATER.
>> A GOOD ROAD TRIP STARTS WITH A DESTINATION, LEAVING ROOM FOR DISCOVERIES ALONG THE WAY.
>> FOR ME IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE WATERFALLS.
IT'S ALSO ABOUT THE FARMS, THE ICE CREAM STANDS, RESTAURANTS, THE MICROBREWERIES, ANYTHING YOU CAN FIND ALONG THE WAY THAT YOU WEREN'T EXPECTING.
IT'S THE TOTAL DAY TRIP EXPERIENCE THAT I FIND MOST GRATIFYING >> THE BEST PART OF THAT SMALLER FATHER WALL INSTALLED IN BARBARA MILLER'S BACKYARD, IT WAS
COMPLETED IN JUST ONE DAY.
THAT'S "CHRONICLE" FOR TONIGHT.
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