One of the things my best friend and I have learned during our over thirty years of traveling together, especially as we’ve moved onto our oldering phase, is that there are days in our travels that we enjoy staying close to where we are staying and explore the near by.
Yesterday was a ten mile day that got up- graded to eleven miles as we circled Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Who could have imagined the treasures so near?
The day began at our favorite local coffee place. The young tattooed barista said, as she brought her drinks to the table where I sat knitting, “I’d love to be friends with you two!”
A walk in Pittsfield State Park that included time to stop and paint as the leaves dropped around me.
A grilled cheese at a local eatery, Flo’s. This trip has been subtitled the grilled cheese tour as we’ve enjoyed one each day made with the excellent local cheese (guess who tried the onion rings?).
Unexpectedly driving by Tanglewood and stopping for a brief walk there (who knew we were so near?).
A lovely walk through a nature preserve.
Ending our eleven mile travels with ice cream from a local dairy—cranberry chocolate chip for me.
The heavens are still telling the glory of God.
House of Grace 