MEET AN ARTIST CATCHING WAVES.
NEXT UP ON OUR WATERFALL ROAD TRIP, A BACK ROADS SPAN THROUGH THE ROADS OF NORTHAMPTON WITH A DESTINATION OF ASHFIELD.
HOME OF CHAPEL FALLS.
CHAPEL FALLS, ANOTHER TRUSTEE PROPERTY, IS A COLLECTION OF THREE DROPS TOTALING 45 FEET.
>> THIS ONE IS BEAUTIFUL.
SHAYNA: WE RUN INTO A FINE ART LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHER.
JUERGAN.
LIKE MANY A PHOTOGRAPHER BEFORE HIM, HE HAS BEEN SEDUCED BY THE POETRY IN MOTION HE FINDS IN WATERFALLS.
♪ >> I PREFER THE LONG EXPOSURE.
IT MAKES IT MORE CALMING AND MYSTICAL.
SHAYNA: HE SAYS ONE DOES NOT NEED A SUPER FANCY CAMERA TO CREATE BEAUTIFUL WATERFALL SHOTS.
>> YOU CAN TAKE GREAT PICTURES WITH A POINT AND SHOOT.
SHAYNA: AND ALTHOUGH SUNSHINE CAN MAKE FOR SOME INTERESTING LIGHT OF FACTS, OVERCAST SKIES ARE A BETTER BET TO MAKE QUALITY SHOTS.
>> IN REALITY, YOU JUST WANT TO GET OUT AND TAKE PICTURES.
SHAYNA: MANY ARE WATERFALL -- MANY A WATERFALL WARRIOR WILL MAKE A WEEKEND OF IT THOUGH THE BACKCOUNTRY IS NOT HOTEL CENTRAL.
FOR THE VISITOR TO CHAPEL FALLS, AN INTRIGUING OPTION IS AVAILABLE IF THEY KEEP AN OPEN MIND.
>> WE HAVE BECOME A DESTINATION.
WE ARE NOT A STOP ON THE WAY.
SHAYNA: THE POND HOUSE, TOTALLY SCREENED IN WITH NO ELECTRICITY WITH A BATHROOM A SHORT WALK UP THE HILL IN THE MAIN HOUSE.
>> IN THE DESCRIPTION ON AIRBNB, I START OUT BY SAYING -- THIS IS NOT FOR EVERYONE.
SHAYNA: DALE, AN ARTIST WHOSE WORK HAS GRACED MULTIPLE NEW YORKER COVERS, MAKES A POINT ABOUT BEING UP FRONT ABOUT ALL OF THE AMENITIES THE POND HOUSE DOES NOT HAVE.
>> WE REALLY DO NOT WANT ANYONE TO BE UNHAPPY OR COMPLAIN.
IT IS WHAT IT IS.
SHAYNA: APPARENTLY, THE POND HOUSE IS RIGHT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
WEEKENDS ARE BOOKED SOLID WITH THE REST OF THE CALENDAR FILLING BUILT BY HER HUSBAND, ALSO AN ARTIST -- >> IT IS MODELED AFTER A JAPANESE STOREHOUSE.
SHAYNA: THE POND HOUSE IS NOT SOMETHING TO SPRING ON AN UNSUSPECTING PARTNER.
>> I HAVE SEEN SOME SURPRISES GO REALLY WRONG AND IT HAS BEEN REALLY SAD TO WATCH.
ONE PARTNER IS SUPER SITE.
ON THE OTHER PARTNER IS LIKE --WHERE OUR WAY?
THIS IS -- WHERE ARE WE?
THIS IS NOT AT ALL WHAT I WANT.
SHAYNA: BACK OUT ON THE MOTOR -- MOHAWK TRAIL, WE MAKE OUR WAY TO NORTH ADAMS.
>> WE ARE ON 40 ACRES OF LAND.
IT IS A MICRO POCKET PART BUT IT PACKS A BIG PUNCH.
SHAYNA: CONSIDER US KNOCKED OUT.
WE HAVE COME TO CHECK OUT THE HUNTS -- HUDSON BROKE CHASM.
>> THERE REALLY IS NOT ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN MASSACHUSETTS.
SHAYNA: FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION, SHE LEADS US OF ACROSS A NETWORK OF WALKWAYS AND VIEWING PLATFORMS.
THE PARK ALSO BOASTS TWO UNIQUE FEATURES.
THE ONLY ONES OF THEIR KIND IN NORTH AMERICA.
A MAN-MADE WHITE MARBLE DAM AND A MARBLE NATURAL BRIDGE.
>> IT IS 15 FEET THICK AND 30 FEET LONG.
THIS IS CONTINUING TO OUR ROAD.
-- ERODE.
IT IS AMAZING TO SEE HOW NATURE CAN BE SO POWERFUL.
CARVING IT OUT IN SUCH A GRAND WAY.
ANTHONY: THE ONLY NATURAL MARBLE BRIDGE IN NORTH AMERICA.
SHAYNA: AND IT IS REALLY HARD TO CAPTURE BECAUSE IT SPANS THAT NARROW CHASM BUT THERE IS ANOTHER NATURAL BRIDGE IN MAINE.
BUT IT IS NOT MARBLE.
ANTHONY: WE HAVE THE ONLY MARBLE ONE.