June 3rd: Gates Pond Walk, Berlin, MA

I was lazy and didn't take the camera, but Marty, Gary, Zooey, Lily, Nathan, Steven and I walked for an hour around Gates Pond.  The weather was very cool (in the 50's) and damp--almost autumnal. We wore jackets and a stocking cap would not have been out of place. Gates Pond is near Berlin, Massachusetts, a rural farming community--but not far away (by car) from the Richardson homestead in Hudson.  The Pond is a reservoir for drinking water, but people are allowed to fish in it as well.  No one seems to mind if you let your dogs off leash.  I have to say that it would be sweet to live near this place.  I bet it's amazing when the colors change in the Fall.