Loweruka pamaso pa Columbus Day mu 2011, ine ndi banja langa tinachoka ku central Connecticut pa 10 koloko madzulo ku Berkshires: dera lokongola la mapiri kumadzulo kwa Massachusetts. Pa ulendo uwu wa chithunzi, ndikugawana kudzoza ndikudziwitsani kuti ndikuthandizeni kukonzekeretsa ma Berkshires anu osakumbukira.
Ulendo wathu woyamba - Lenox, Massachusetts - ndi ora lomwe liri kummawa kwa Albany, maola awiri ndi hafu kumadzulo kwa Boston kapena maola atatu kumpoto kwa New York City, choncho konzekerani nthawi yanu yochoka kotero kuti mufike Lenox masana masana .
Ikani GPS yanu ya 10 Willow Creek Road, Lenox, MA, ndipo mukafika ndi paki, mukulandiridwa ndi malingaliro odabwitsa a masamba akugwa omwe akuwonetsera ku Woods Pond.
Ndi nthawi yoti mugulitse galimoto yanu kuti muyambe kayendetsedwe ka kayendedwe kake. Titafika ku Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum ku Lenox, tinakopeka ndi chiwerengero cha anthu odzipereka omwe analipo kuti atiloze ku ofesi ya tikiti, kumene tinagula njira yopita ku tsamba la sitima yopita ku Lee. Onetsetsani nthawi yomwe masamba akugwa ndi Peanuts Great Pumpkin Patch Express.
Tinasankha ulendo wopita kumalo ozungulira-ulendo wa mphindi 45 womwe unachoka nthawi ya 12:15 masana. Pamene tinali kuyembekezera kuti sitima yathu ifike, tinkawona malo oyendetsa sitimayo akukayenda ndikuyang'ana mawonetsero a museum, kuphatikizapo Baltimore & Ohio Akuphatikiza Galimoto, komanso mawonetsero mkati mwa Lenox Station ya 1903. Mwana wanga ankakonda kuyang'ana sitima yapamtunda yomwe imasonyezedwa. Kuloledwa ku nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale ndi zowonetserako ndi zaulere.
Mukangobwerera ku zaka za m'ma 2100, gwiritsani galimoto yanu ndikuyika GPS yanu ku 30 Main Street, Stockbridge, MA. Stockbridge ndithu ndi tawuni yapamwamba kwambiri ku Berkshires, ndipo Main Street yomwe imayenda bwino, yomwe inauziridwa ndi wojambula wotchedwa Norman Rockwell, imapereka zosankha zambiri zakusangalatsa.
Kuyimika pamsewu kumapezeka koma pakufunidwa pamapeto a sabata, koma mudzapeza malo ngati muli oleza komanso okonda kuyenda pang'ono. Ngati mufika, monga momwe timachitira, cha m'ma 1:30 madzulo, mutha kupeza tebulo, koma mungafune kukhala ndi malo osungirako malo odyera malo otchuka kwambiri: wotchuka Red Lion Inn. Ngati mulibe malo ogona, pitani ku Main Street, ndipo mupeze malo ena odyera ambiri kuphatikizapo Main Street Cafe, komwe tinkakhala pa counter ndipo tili ndi msuzi wamasamba ndi masangweji, kapena a Theresa's Stockbridge Cafe, omwe kale anali a Alice's Restaurant. nyimbo za Arlo Guthrie.
Tinapunthwa kupita ku Berkshires mwangozi, koma mungafunse kuti GPS ikutsogolerani ku 3475 Route 43, Hancock, MA. Mudzadutsa mzere wa dziko kupita ku New York chifukwa cha gawo labwino kwambirili, ulendo wa mphindi 20 kumpoto mpaka ku Ioka Valley Farm. Sindinamvepo za famuyo, koma pamene ndayiwona pa mapu othawa alendo, tidasankha kuti tifunikire mofulumira.
Ngati mukuyenda ndi ana, simungaphonye zokolola zaulimi. Ine ndi mwana wanga wamkazi tinali kuvala scarecrow pamene tinkawona malo oyambirira a ng'ombe za udzu zomwe zimatengera alendo kumatope, ndipo nsagwada zathu zinagwa. Ndi nkhono zake za dzungu, msipu uwu unali ndithudi wozizira kwambiri omwe tamuwonapo: Ndipo tanyamula msipu wochulukirapo kuposa mabanja ambiri.
Pita kumadzulo ku Route 2, Mohawk Trail, kudutsa kumpoto kwa Adams, ndipo posachedwa ufika pamphepete mwachangu, 180-degree pamsewu. Mphuno yotchedwa Hairpin yotchukayi imasintha malingaliro ochititsa chidwi a Hoosuc Valley ndi mapiri a Berkshire Hills. Inde, ngati ndinu dalaivala, muyenera kuyang'ana mozama pamsewu pamene mukuyenda pambaliyi. Kuyimika malire kuli kochepa, koma mwachidwi tinapeza malo pafupi ndi Malo Odyera a Eagle. Ngati mwakhala mukulambalaka ndikukhala ndi nthawi yokwanira, kudya pano kungakhale kutha kwa tsiku lanu la Berkshires.
Ngati mukufuna kuwonjezera nthawi yanu ku Massachusetts ndikukhala ndi zovuta zambiri, onetsetsani kuti mupange malo osungiramo malo okhalapo pasadakhale, makamaka ngati mukuyendera pamsonkhano wa Columbus. Pano pali Maofesi a Massachusetts a Leaf Peepers.