http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Charlemont/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Massachusetts , Charlemont en-us Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:13:41 BST Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:13:41 BST Dear FriendsThis cartoon says it all Bon Voyage to all.Love Ken Kate Sam LaurenPSClick on cartoon for larger version http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Charlemont/blog-283383.html Dear Friends and FamilyWe had some problems with our first travel blog. It seems that we signed up for a very lowtech knockoff of the much better version. We have canceled our old blog and you are now all signed up to receive an email notification whenever we add new content. Our apologies for any inconvenience to those who had to struggle to sign up with the old blog.If you received this me http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Charlemont/blog-277231.html The weather is becoming autumnal now with temperatures barely reaching 60F during the day and dropping to near freezing at night. However it is still dry and mainly clear.Today we explored the Berkshires a forest covered hilly area in the far west of Massachusetts. Many New Yorkers and Bostonians have their summer homes here and it is a centre for the arts in the summer. At this time of the year http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Charlemont/blog-93635.html On another fine but colder day we picked up our hire car from the airport and with some difficulty due to roadworks made our way out of Boston and headed west into the Massachusetts countryside. We were soon into hilly areas covered by trees which were beginning to turn into their Autumn colours.We stopped at a farm shop which was selling pumpkins and squashes of all shapes size and colour to bu http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/Charlemont/blog-93634.html