It doesn't
look like
a whale from here.
Perhaps
a leopard,
all blotched
with late
fall yellows,
golds, browns,
its head
out of sight,
buried in
the red
guts
of a gazelle.
Mount Greylock in the Berkshires is the highest point in the state of Massachusetts. You can see five states from the summit.
The Holiday Inn in North Adams is, well, a Holiday Inn, with pretty solid ratings on Tripadvisor.
Mount Greylock in North Adams, Massachussetts, USA
Image by Daniel Caser, licensed under Creative Commons.