A last thought, take mom to Concord, was just there and there's still a lot of green that will turn in the next two weeks or so. It's an easy drive via I 190 to Rt 2 east, under an hour and there's so much to see and do. The Old Manse, home to Emerson and Hawthorne is in walking distance to the old North Bridge where "The shot heard round the world" was fired. Authors Ridge in Concord's Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is not far from there, Emerson, Thoreau and Alcott are buried there. Walden pond is a few minutes drive from all of that.