Ma ka Pōʻalima ma mua o Columbus Day i ka makahiki 2011, ua hele aku wau me koʻuʻohana mai Central Central Connecticut i ka hola 10 am no kekahi lā o ka hōʻeaʻana i ka hōʻailona ma nā Berkshires: ke kuahiwi mauna i uka o Massachusetts. Ma kēia mākaʻikaʻi kiʻi, e kaʻana like wau i nā manaʻo a me nāʻike e kōkua iāʻoe e hoʻolālā i kāu mau puke Berkshires hikiʻole ke hoʻomanaʻo.
ʻO kā mākou hua mua loa -ʻo Lenox, Massachusetts - he manawa wale nō ma ka hikina o Albany,ʻelua hola a me ka hapalua ma ke komohana o Boston aʻekolu paha mau kau ma ka'ākau o New York City, no laila e hoʻolālā i kou manawa haʻaleleʻana no laila hikiʻoe i Lenox ma mua o ke awakea .
E hoʻonoho i kāu GPS no ka 10 Willow Creek Road, Lenox, MA, a hikiʻoe a māka, e mahaloʻiaʻoe me kēiaʻike kupanaha o nā lālā e hāʻule ana ma Woods Pond.
ʻO ka manawa kēia e kūʻai aku i kāu kaʻa no keʻano o ka holoʻana. I ko makou hōʻeaʻana i ka Hale Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum ma Lenox, ua hoʻohīhoihoi mākou i ka heluna o nā limahana lima e kuhikuhi mai iā mākou ma ke kuhikuhiʻana i ka keʻena bila, kahi i kūʻai ai mākou ma kahi o nā lapalapa e holo ana no Lee. E nānā i ka papa manawa o nā lālā hāʻule a me ka holoʻana o nā keke holoʻokoʻa Peanuts Great Pumpkin Patch Express i ka manawa o ke kau.
Ua koho mākou i kahi huakaʻi huakaʻi: he 45 mau minuke holo kaʻa e holo ai i ka hola 12:15 pmʻOiai mākou e kali nei i ka hōʻeaʻana o kā mākou kaʻa, uaʻike mākou i nā locomotives kahiko i ka holoʻana ma nā alahele a nānā i nā hōʻikeʻike o ka hale hōʻikeʻike, me nā mea hōʻikeʻike i loko o kahi ʻO Baltimore & Ohio hui pū, a me nā hōʻike i loko o ka Lenox Station 1903. Ua aloha kaʻu kaikamahine i ka nānāʻana i keʻano o ka hoʻolālā likeʻole o ke kaʻahele. Hāʻawiʻia ke komoʻana i ka hale hōʻikeʻike me nā hōʻike.
ʻOiaiʻo ka hilinaʻi o ka mea hana kūleʻaleʻa hana e hana nei i kēia mau holoholo māmā, he mea mahalo nui ia, uaʻike mākou he moʻoleloʻuʻuku loa. Ua hōʻoia mākou iā mākou iho i ka manawa a mākou i hoʻomaka ai i ka huakaʻi hoʻi i Lenox, hiki iā mākou ke hauʻoli i ka holo mālie ... akā, ua hewa mākou.
Ke huli houʻoe i ka 21st century, hopena i kāu kaʻa a hoʻonoho i kāu GPS no 30 Main Street, Stockbridge, MA. ʻO ke kahakai o Stockbridge ke kūlanakauhale kaulana loa ma Berkshires, aʻo kona alanui Main Street, kahi mea kākau hoʻokaniʻo Norman Rockwell, i hāʻawi aku i nā koho meaʻai nui.
Hiki ke loaʻa nā kaʻa kaʻa ma nā alanui āpau ma ka noiʻana i ka hopena o nā kauwela, akā loaʻa iāʻoe kahi wahi inā e hoʻomanawanuiʻoe a makemake e hele i kahi. Inā hikiʻoe, e like me kā mākou i hana ai, ma ka hola 1:30 pm,ʻike pahaʻoe i kahi papaʻaina, akā makemake pahaʻoe e hoʻolālā maʻamau no ka wahiʻai eʻai nuiʻia:ʻo ka Red Lion Inn. Ināʻaʻole kahi lumi ma kahi o ka hale hoʻokipa, e hele wāwae i Main Street, aʻikeʻoe i kekahi mauʻaina'ē aʻe e pili ana i ke Main Street Cafe, kahi i noho ai mākou ma ke kahua kūʻai a loaʻa iā mākou ka meaʻono a me nā sandwiches, aʻo Theresa's Stockbridge Cafe,ʻo ia ka Alice's Restaurant famously i hōʻikeʻia ma ke meleʻo Arlo Guthrie.
I ka manawa eʻoliʻoli aiʻoe i kaʻaina awakea, e hoʻolālā i kāu GPS me kāu hopena hou: 508 Kana Road, Richmond, MA. Ma kahi o 15 mau minuke, hikiʻoe i Hilltop Orchards, kahi o nā wahi kaulana loa o Berkshires no ke kiʻiʻana o ka'ōhiʻa. ʻAʻole mākou iʻohi i ka'ōhiʻa i kēia kauwela, no laila makemake mākou e lawe i kahiʻeke i ka home.
ʻO nā lāʻau ma Hilltop nā huaʻaina i piha i ka hua, akā uaʻike mākou he mea paʻakikī ke loaʻa nāʻano a mākou e makemake nei:ʻAʻohe palapala'āina i hoʻolakoʻia, a ua maikaʻiʻole nā hōʻailona. ʻOiai, he hopena hoʻomaha maikaʻi loa ia, akā, ua like me ke kaumaha o ke koʻokoʻo i ka mālamaʻana i ka lehulehu. E hoʻomanaʻo muaʻia paha: E kali pahaʻoe i ka hopena o nā pule o ka mahinaʻai inā makemakeʻoe e hōʻailona i nāʻohe ahiʻo Wailawaiʻo Waila a iʻole ināʻaʻole hiki iāʻoe ke pale aku i ka meaʻono o ka'ōpala i hoʻomākaukauʻia ma waho. Ua mahalo mākou i ka loaʻaʻole o nā kumukūʻai i ke kīhāpai a ua ukuʻia nā'ōʻale.
Ua hina mākou i ko mākou kiʻi hou ma Berkshires me ka pōhēhēʻole, akā makemakeʻoe e noi i kāu GPS e alakaʻi iāʻoe i 3475 Ke alanui 43, Hancock, MA. E hele akuʻoe i kahi laina'āina i New York no kekahi hapa o kēia kiʻi kiʻi, 20-minute mile ma ke'ākau a hiki i ka Mālaʻo Ioka Valley. ʻAʻole au i lohe iki i ka mahiʻai, akā ināʻike wau iā ia ma ka palapala'āina mākaʻikaʻi, ua hāpai mākou, a laila, ua hoʻoholo wau e holo wikiwiki mākou.
Inā heleʻoe me nā kamaliʻi, ponoʻoleʻoe e makemake eʻike i ka hoʻolālā mahi mahiʻai. ʻO wau a me kaʻu kaikamahine i ke kāhikoʻana i ka pōwehiwehi i ka wā iʻike ai mākou i kā mākouʻike mua o ka waʻa walaʻau e lawe ana i nā malihini i ka pākena palaka, a hāʻule ko mākou mau āwae. Me ka wai o ka laukiko,ʻo kēia hayride he mea maʻalahi loa ia iʻikeʻia e mākou: A ua hele mākou i kahi mau hānai he nui aʻe ma mua o kaʻohana maʻamau.
Ua nui aku kaʻikeʻana a me ka hana ma ka Pākaʻo Ioka Valley, akā i koʻuʻikeʻana i ka mahina e ala mai ana ma nā puʻuʻo Berkshire, uaʻike au eʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kā mākou heleʻana inā e holo mākou i ka hopena hope o kā mākou huakaʻi ma mua o ka napoʻoʻana o ka lā. Ua uku mākou i ka paukuki a mākou i wae ai a me ka paukiko'ōpiopio mua loa iʻikeʻia e mākou, a hoʻokuʻu i kā mākou kaikamahine iʻelua mau wahi e hānai i nā holoholona momona, a laila ua hele i ke alanui.
Ināʻoe e hele nei i kēia huakaʻi , makemakeʻoe e hoʻomau i ke kūkulu'ākau i ke alanui 43 i Williamstown, a laila e huli pololei i ke alanui 2 (Main Street).
E hele i ke komohana ma ke alanui 2, ka Mohawk Trail, ma waena o North Adams, a hiki i ka wā e hiki ai iāʻoe ke hele i ke alahele 180-kiʻekiʻe ma ke alanui. Hāʻawi kēia kaulana kaulanaʻo Hairpin Turn i nā hiʻohiʻona kūlana o ka Hoosuc Valley a me Berkshire Hills. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ināʻoeʻo ka mea hoʻokele, ponoʻoe e hoʻomau i ka nānāʻana ma ke alanui e like me kou hoʻokeleʻana i kēia kaʻina hana. Palena ka laikini, akā ua loaʻa iā mākou he wahi ma ka papa kokoke i ka Golden Eagle Restaurant. Inā ua hanaʻoe i kahi meaʻai a loaʻa ka manawa e hoʻomaha ai, hiki i kaʻaina awakea ke hopena maikaʻi loa i kou lā Berkshires.
Inā makemakeʻoe e hoʻopaneʻe i kou manawa ma Massachusetts aʻoi aku ka hāʻuleʻana o nā mea i hiki mai, e hoʻomaopopo ponoʻoe e hoʻolako i nā mālama manawa maʻamau, ma muli o ka heleʻana i ka wā o Columbus Day pōā. Ma kahi e hōʻikeʻia nei nā Massachusetts Lodgings no Leaf Peepers.