Leaf-peeping for a week

Well, I'm off to spend some of my travel budget instead of writing about it. First I'll be doing some hiking in western Massachusetts and hopefully gazing awestuck at the natural majesty of beautiful autumnal foliage without any more of the week-long deluge of rain that we've had here in NY. And then I will be enjoying the company of my adorable baby niece and nephew, and trying to resist the temptation to buy them lots of presents that they are too young to appreciate. I have to wait and spoil them when they are older, so they will be grateful enough not to let good old Auntie X rot in some horrible nursing home.

See y'all in about a week!