Tag Archives: Massachusetts

BACKROADS TO AND FRO LENOX, MA — 1-3 APRIL 2026

Posted on April 6, 2026 by Ray Boas

I need to get back to exploring and documenting to remember, and then share with you to hopefully lead you to some explorations. I have promised myself in 2026 to not sleep in my own bed at least three nights … Continue reading →

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RIDING AMTRAK’S DOWNEASTER – 22 JUNE 2024

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Ray Boas

Does Ray like trains? Yes. I need to get back on long-hauls with sleeping compartments, but also need to travel on Amtrak’s “named trains.” The DOWNEASTER, running from Boston to Brunswick, Maine, is an ideal, close-by, day’s outing. Gary and … Continue reading →

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THE BIG E – EASTERN STATES EXPOSITION – 22 SEPTEMBER 2023

Posted on September 26, 2023 by Ray Boas

Yes, this has been a “fair season” for me, and believe it or not I had never been to THE BIG E in West Springfield, Massachusetts – a larger and premier fair in New England. This year held Sept 15 … Continue reading →

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MEMORIAL DAY Weekend – 28 MAY 2023

Posted on May 28, 2023 by Ray Boas

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY 2023 — and I finally got back out to explore a tad, but I still owe you my report from my last Erie Canal adventure – well, “on the list.” Besides having something to accomplish every couple … Continue reading →

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PRESS plus POTS – 31 AUGUST and 1 SEPTEMBER 2022

Posted on September 5, 2022 by Ray Boas

It has been hard to get out and about – COVID, out of practice, making arrangements not as easy as in the past BUT – I just had an overnight to get me back in the “shunpiking mode.” I had … Continue reading →

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MIDDLESEX CANAL and GREAT WEEKEND – 18-20 JUNE 2022

Posted on June 21, 2022 by Ray Boas

A month or so ago my son Gary and I were “Zooming” and I suggested meeting at the Middlesex Canal Museum in North Bellerica, and exploring the canal which traverses both Woburn and Winchester, Massachusetts, were he and my son, … Continue reading →

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GILL – HELL’S KITCHEN – SATAN’S KINGDOM – 88 BB1 MILES – 83 DEGREES – 21 MAY 2022

Posted on May 21, 2022 by Ray Boas

I have finally met a road I did not like. Yes, Old Vernon Road, over the causeway passing through Hell’s Kitchen, narrow pavement turns to dirt (supposedly made for four-wheel drive – never stopped me before). I enter Satan’s Kingdom … Continue reading →

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“THE HEART OF THE COMMONWEALTH” – EXPLORATIONS AT “THE WOO” – 12 FEBRUARY 2022

Posted on February 13, 2022 by Ray Boas

That title may get you to read further. Six weeks into the new year, and I drove about 140 miles on 12 February – more miles than I have driven in two months. Yes, I have stayed home and safe, … Continue reading →

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BACK TO MOUNT GREYLOCK and WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS – 18-20 AUGUST 2021

Posted on August 25, 2021 by Ray Boas

I am sure you remember a trip I planned in 2010, and finally headed off for on August 1, 2017, but sadly only made it half way when BLACK BEAUTY decided to shut down and ask for a piggy-back ride … Continue reading →

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IT IS MARCH — IT IS RLI — IT IS 25 YEARS

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Ray Boas

10-12 MARCH 2021 Yes, I have been staying at the Red Lion Inn now for twenty-five years straight. I did walk through the first floor some time in the 1980s, and drove by many times in the early 1960s in … Continue reading →

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