We finished our brief MA vacation with three nights in New Salem MA, at the rustic cabin of Ray and Kim, Jett’s brother and sister-in-law. If you want quiet, have Kim and Ray invite you to their cabin.
The first night, though, was not so quiet. At 5:30am I was wakened by Becky roaming about the living room (where we were sleeping, on the futon). I got her back into bed, but as I was drifting off to sleep became aware of some sounds. At first I thought it was wind moving the curtains, but then decided it sounded more like a mouse. I got up and, using my phone as a light, walked around looking for a mouse.
Which is when a bat flew by my face.
I am not terrified of bats, like some people. But I don’t like them flying around me while I am trying to sleep. So I opened the door to the screened-in porch and spent about 15 minutes trying to herd the bat out the door. Which I finally did. And quickly closed the door.
The next morning Ray and I scoured the porch for the bat, without success. I thought that perhaps the bat had found a way out. But at dusk the next night the bat reappeared. Another 15 minutes were spent encouraging the bat to exit to the great outdoors, where it belonged. No more bats the rest of the stay.
I didn’t go anywhere the first day there, spending my time blogging and reading while Marlene and Kim went shopping. The second day we all journeyed an hour to Brattleboro VT – a town that I had been to but had never really explored. We had a very nice lunch at The Works Cafe and window-shopped a bit. We topped off the day with a pint at North Chair Brewing.
Each day we were treated to wonderful meals prepared by Kim who really should think of opening a restaurant.
We had a nice outdoor campfire the last night at the cabin.
Marlene earned our keep by sewing some curtains for the cabin.
