November is going out for us with an initial exploration of our new borrowed community. We didn’t start with Pittsfield, but headed south to I-90 to the town of Lee that caught our eye as we were driving in the other day. We then stopped to check out Laurel Lake and continued north towards Pittsfield, stopping in Lenox, another cute town in the Berkshires.
A brochure that we picked up in Lee mentions that National Geographic has named the Berkshires one of the world’s Top 10 Most Authentic Places to Visit for retaining their quintessential New Englandness. It also claimed Lee as the Shopping Capital of the Berkshires. All good marketing, but we did have a lovely walkabout today along the main street of this town of about 5,800.
We passed Laurel Lake on our way into Lee and stopped for a photo on our way out. It lies between the towns of Lee and Lenox, and the estate of Edith Wharton (more on that tomorrow) lies on its western shore. Wikipedia says that it’s actually a great pond rather than a lake for any sticklers.
Then we were off to the super cute community of Lenox (population 5,000), home of Tanglewood, famous for its outdoor concert series as well as the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. We walked the main shopping streets and found a few fun stores to pop into.
Peckish Travels 