Clear Sailing

Western Mass – Great Barrington

We woke up in Lenox yesterday (Sunday) morning to find a HUGE breakfast being made by two members of the church we were staying in. We honestly worried about whether we were going to be able to bike after eating French toast, eggs, lemon pound cake, fruit, toast, orange juice, and bacon. We went to a lovely service where the congregation kindly sent their prayers with us for our journey.

We made record time biking from Lenox to Great Barrington in exactly two hours. It was our most beautiful ride to date. We stopped several times to take pictures. As Sam said after one gorgeous vista, “That’s quite and Ansel Adams there!” Once again, we managed to avoid the worst of the bad weather. We ate a lunch of leftover food prepared by the Lenox congregation on the grass outside the First Congregational Church here and then moved our stuff inside.

We proceeded to go through the manuals and videos and practice our symposium. We took a break during which Sam and Leila went to the library (more like sitting outside on the front steps to get the wifi because it was closed) while Antoine and Jane went to grocery shopping and Steph napped. We had a yummy dinner of spaghetti and we got a bit hysterical with laughter due to our exhaustion. That’s how we knew it was time to call it quits and go to bed.

This morning (Monday) we awoke to the organ being played in the sanctuary next door for the children’s chorus rehearsal. After a quick stop at the post office across the street, we ended up at the library where we are all currently hard at work. First canvass here tonight and a symposium tomorrow night.

Pictures to follow here on the blog as well as on the new picasa account and the facebook fan page! We'll also be uploading youtube videos soon of our adventures which we will be sure to let you all know about!

Stay Green!
--Leila