Author Archives: Ray Boas

CHRISTMAS BY CANDLELIGHT – OLD STURBRIDGE VILLAGE – 2017

Posted on December 24, 2017 by Ray Boas

In October I visited Old Sturbridge Village (OSV) for the first time in nine years, and it had been decades before for my previous visits. I spent the whole day there – loved it – and purchased my membership when … Continue reading →

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SANTA’S LAND, PUTNEY, VERMONT – RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY 16 DECEMBER 2017

Posted on December 16, 2017 by Ray Boas

SANTA’S LAND USA – 2020 Covid Hours and Details Open Every Sat. & Sun until the last weekend before Christmas! 10:00am – 4:00pm As usual, masks and social distancing is required at all times. The new VT regulations are for … Continue reading →

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HOLIDAY EXPLORATIONS – GETTING YOU IN THE MOOD – 6 and 9 DECEMBER 2017

Posted on December 10, 2017 by Ray Boas

  I may have shared I considered mid-December Road Scholar Christmas programs at the Biltmore, and another in Williamsburg. For various reasons I decided not to go, holding those areas for adventures in late spring instead. But, I wanted to … Continue reading →

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FLICKERING FLAMES OF A HOPELESS ROMANTIC – 3 DECEMBER 2017

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Ray Boas

Many “forces” drive me to combine and share words. Earlier this week I reread an article “Remembering the Good old Days of Collecting Antiques,” and on the 2nd in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, I bought yet another candle holder, this of handcrafted … Continue reading →

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SANTA’S LAND – PUTNEY, VERMONT – REOPENED NOVEMBER 25, 2017

Posted on November 25, 2017 by Ray Boas

SANTA’S LAND USA – 2020 Covid Hours and Details Open Every Sat. & Sun until the last weekend before Christmas! 10:00am – 4:00pm As usual, masks and social distancing is required at all times. The new VT regulations are for … Continue reading →

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PORTSMOUTH (NH) HOLIDAY PREPARATIONS – 19-20 NOVEMBER 2017

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Ray Boas

This post is to help you “get in the spirit” – it did for me. Without having a December theatrical production to worry about, for the first time in nine years I have been able to review and decide on … Continue reading →

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VISITING 1838, AND HOW IT CAME TO BE – 10-12 October 2017

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Ray Boas

My adventures do come about via circuitous routes. Last September I attended a Road Scholar program learning about “everything Dutch in the Hudson Valley.” When at Washington Irving’s Sunnyside I became entranced with The Legend of Sleepy Hollow thinking I … Continue reading →

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QUABBIN – 40% of MASSACHUSETT’S WATER – 17 SEPTEMBER 2017

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Ray Boas

Did you notice? It has taken me more than two weeks to get to writing and posting this fascinating 12 hour adventure that I highly recommend. The day before my Quabbin (The Meeting of Many Waters) visit I got to … Continue reading →

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46th ANNUAL DUBLIN, NH – GAS ENGINE MEET – 9 SEPTEMBER 2017

Posted on September 9, 2017 by Ray Boas

If you read my posts, I have surprises for you, and often things I enjoy repeating. Today was a repeat, albeit different. I remember as a pre-teen a hit-‘n’-miss engine at a car show I was at with my Dad, … Continue reading →

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WHACKED IN Fall River — 16 and 17 AUGUST 2017

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Ray Boas

Have you noticed that recently I seldom get to complete my posts while on my adventures as I used to? Some of my recent experiences have continued well into the evening hours impinging on my sitting down with wine and … Continue reading →

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