Chilling at Berkshires

August 2024

A 8-day adventure by CWBuff Read more

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- Aug 24, 2024, 3:18pm
- ☀️ 79 °F
- Altitude: 853 ft
- United States Oak n' Spruce Village 42.275607, -73.27222342°16’32” N 73°16’20” W
Day 1
Our Home for a week
August 24, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
We are at Holiday Inn Oak n' Spruce Resort in Lee MASS
The Resort is a series of buildings with towhhouse-type units
Ours is #220
Took us 4 hours to get here with relatively no traffic
TravelerNice place! Enjoy your time away.
8/24/24Reply
TravelerBoy you are fast 😁
8/24/24Reply
TravelerI'm sure this one will be much more relaxing (Julie-- since my blog name is posting)
8/24/24Reply
TravelerHey Julie,very nice hearing from you 😀
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- Aug 24, 2024, 4:45pm
- ☀️ 79 °F
- Altitude: 938 ft
- United States Lee 42.309427, -73.25151542°18’34” N 73°15’5” W
Day 1–3
Dinner an exploring downtown Lee
August 24, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
As per habit, we eat out our first night, so we took a short drive to downtown Lee and stopped at Locker Room Sports Bar.
Laurie had French Dip aptly washed down with Yengling and I hit Flatbread Special, which was Flank Steak with corn and beans salsa and chimichurry sauce & opted for a local Cider.
We then took a walk through historic downtown Lee.
Lee (pop.of all 5,788 people) occupies land that was originally territory of Mahican Indians. The first non-native settlement in the area was known as Dodgetown as early as 1760. Lee was incorporated in 1777 and is named after Revolutionary War General Charles Lee, not ( much to my dismay) Marse Rob't.
Afterward, we made a run to a local supermarket for some supplies and returned to the resort to unwind from the travel day.Read more
TravelerBeautiful town.
8/25/24Reply
TravelerI was hoping for a Marse Robert comment here. You don't disappoint.
8/26/24Reply
TravelerWe'z aim to please
8/26/24Reply
TravelerYears ago, when I arrived in Massachussetts to go to college, I learned for the first time that different parts of the country have their "own war". Here in PA it's the war of Northern Aggression. In Mass. it's the War for Independence. (In Iowa it was World War 2 -- but that was a long time ago.)
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- Aug 25, 2024, 9:51am
- ☁️ 68 °F
- Altitude: 774 ft
- United States Gobble Mountain 42.31146, -72.9926542°18’41” N 72°59’34” W
Day 2
Keystone Arches Bridges Trail
August 25, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
We had a nice restful night, and after a simple breakfast, we started planning the week.
Unfortunately, we discovered that I forgot to pack my swimming trunks, but also more importantly, Laurie forgot her hiking boots. 🥲
That put a big damper on things as we were really looking forward to hit a couple of first-rate trails in the area.
We still decided to do some hiking. However, we are limited now to simple trails.
We started off with Keystone Arches Bridges Trail in Chester MASS.
it's a 5 mile R/T trail that not only takes one to the first series of stone arch railroad bridges built in America but tracks the first National Wild & Scenic River and the longest stretch of free-flowing river in MA,
We were able to see and spend some time at the 1st (Double Arch) bridge but slightly over 1/2-way and before we got to other Arches the trail became more rugged and started climbing up so we reluctantly had to turn around.
Of course, even a little hike is better than no hike at all 😊Read more
TravelerLove the bridge!
8/25/24Reply
TravelerBeautiful view.
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- Aug 25, 2024, 11:44am
- ☁️ 75 °F
- Altitude: 1,391 ft
- United States Round Top Hill 42.250578, -72.98751742°15’2” N 72°59’15” W
Day 2
Park Knox Acres Trails
August 25, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
We then went to the nearby Park Kox Acres trails, which were described as easy and family friendly.
The problem here was that they wound up being "too easy." We were on 2 trails and off of them in a blink of an eye
While it was a nice quiet and pleasant stint in the woods it didn't warrant any additional photos save for initial trailheadRead more
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- Aug 25, 2024, 12:48pm
- ☁️ 75 °F
- Altitude: 1,316 ft
- United States Eastover 42.37777, -73.27759542°22’40” N 73°16’39” W
Day 2
Pittsfield MASS
August 25, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 75 °F
We needed some encouraging pick-us-up so we drove to Pittsfield.
Pittsfield is the largest city and the county seat of Berkshire County. It is the principal city of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Berkshire County.
Lots of cool info can be seen on Wiki at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsfield,_Mas…
Driving into town we passed Arrowhead - Herman Melville's house.
And we found our pick us up at Antimony Brewery and I daresay that it picked us up all right!🤣😇
Laurie opted for Catalyst, and I went for ElectronRead more
TravelerGlad you were able to get a "pick me up". 😊
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- Aug 25, 2024, 1:34pm
- ☁️ 77 °F
- Altitude: 1,362 ft
- United States Pleasant Valley 42.382602, -73.29881742°22’57” N 73°17’56” W
Day 2
Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
August 25, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
Fortified thus we made our way to Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
Yes, i was humming the song most of the time 😊
Set amidst more than 1,000 lush acres in the Berkshires, Pleasant Valley’s varied trails wind through forests, meadows, wetlands, and along the slopes of Lenox Mountain, making this site an excellent location for easy-to-strenuous hiking. While exploring, there’s a good chance to see evidence of the sanctuary’s most visible wildlife resident, the beaver, via dams, dens, or lodges, but we only saw frogs, chipmunks and a wild turkeyRead more
TravelerI laughed out loud at that second picture.
8/26/24Reply
TravelerThanks, that's the idea 😉
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- Aug 25, 2024, 2:45pm
- ☁️ 77 °F
- Altitude: 1,299 ft
- United States Eastover 42.377453, -73.2780542°22’39” N 73°16’41” W
Day 2
Chocolate Café
August 25, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
We rewarded ourselves for all our Deeds Du Jour by going to Chocolate Cafe and as hard as it was we only bought 2 Cookies. Chocolate chip for me and Dark Chocolate-dipped Ginger and Molasses for Laurie
We then retired to our humble lodgings for some nice homemade din dinRead more
TravelerCookies...yum!
8/25/24Reply
TravelerYou should see all the other stuff!!!
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- Aug 26, 2024, 9:47am
- ⛅ 70 °F
- Altitude: 1,001 ft
- United States Marsh Brook 42.290308, -73.30696342°17’25” N 73°18’25” W
Day 3
National Shrine of The Divine Mercy
August 26, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
The day started with another beautiful morning during which we had to figure out Plan B since, as mentioned previously, all serious hiking was out.
Completely out of the blue, I stumbled upon the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy, which looked appealing, and we decided to take a drive. Boy, were we not disappointed!
The place is magnificent, the grounds are stunning, the Sanctuary beautiful.
We learned about the Marians and were surprised to see lots of references and connections to St.Faustina (although in retrospect it should not be so since she is Polish)
For more of the history of the place, check out
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Shrine_of_The_Divine_Mercy_(Stockbridge,_Massachusetts)
and
https://www.shrineofdivinemercy.org/

I hope everyone forgives me going slightly ape on this; we spent slightly over 2 hours here all together and of course try ad we may pictures sometimes don't do justice to a natural beauty of places...
..and so it is here and we can marvel at the Creation of Our Lord ang Glorfy HimRead more
TravelerLove the video.
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- Aug 26, 2024, 9:57am
- ⛅ 70 °F
- Altitude: 1,056 ft
- United States Marsh Brook 42.289705, -73.30978842°17’23” N 73°18’35” W
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The Shrine Sanctuary
August 26, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
A Door for Nancy Ish 😊
Gorgeous interior of Sanctuary
Traveler Nice to see someone else takes pictures of ceilings in churches. I thought it was just me.
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TravelerAh a fellow ceiling lover! Yes I do it all the time
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TravelerHow gorgeous!!
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- Aug 26, 2024, 10:07am
- ⛅ 72 °F
- Altitude: 1,010 ft
- United States Stockbridge 42.288763, -73.3112942°17’20” N 73°18’41” W
Day 3
Sanctuary 2
August 26, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
The Althar
The Rose window
Icons of St. Mary
The Organ Balcony
TravelerBeautiful.
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TravelerWhat an amazing chancel! Gorgeous!
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