A ranar Asabar kafin Columbus Day a shekara ta 2011, iyalina da ni na tashi daga tsakiyar Connecticut a karfe 10 na safe don zuwa ranar Berndhires na yamma: Yankin tsaunuka na yammacin Massachusetts. A kan wannan hotunan hoto, zan raba wahayi da bayani don taimaka maka shirya shirin Berkshires mai ban mamaki.
Makasudinmu na farko - Lenox, Massachusetts - yana da sa'a ɗaya a gabashin Albany, awa biyu da rabi a yammacin Boston ko uku a arewacin birnin New York, don haka shirya lokacin tafiyarka daidai don haka za ku isa Lenox kafin ranar maraice .
Sanya GPS don 10 Road Road, Lenox, MA, kuma lokacin da ka isa da kuma kiliya, za a gaishe ka tare da wannan ra'ayi mai ban mamaki game da rassan furen dake nuna Woods Pond.
Lokaci ya yi da za ku sayi motarku don irin kayan sufuri. Lokacin da muka isa Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum a Lenox, yawan masu ba da agaji a hannunmu sun ji dadin mu a cikin jagorancin ofisoshin tikitin, inda muka sayi sashi a cikin wani shinge mai layi na Lee. Bincika jadawalin fashewar fure da kuma Gudun jiragen ruwa na kaya na Patan Express wanda aka yi a lokacin kakar kaka.
Mun yi kokari don motsawa na ɗan gajeren lokaci: tafiya na tsawon minti 45 da ya tashi a karfe 12:15 na yamma. Lokacin da muke jira don jirgin mu ya isa, mun duba tsofaffin locomotives a kan waƙoƙi da kuma bincika gidajen kayan gargajiya, ciki har da wadanda aka nuna a ciki. Baltimore & Ohio Combine Car, da kuma nuni a cikin tashar Lenox na 1903. Yata na ƙaunar yin la'akari da nuna hotunan motar mota. Admission zuwa gidan kayan gargajiya da kuma kyauta kyauta ne.
Duk da yake sha'awar masu aikin raya aikin raƙan jirgin ruwa wadanda ke aiki da wadannan shafuka masu ban mamaki suna da kyau, mun sami labarin da ba a dakatar da shi ba. Mun tabbatar da kanmu cewa idan muka fara tafiya zuwa Lenox, za mu iya jin dadin zaman lafiya ... amma, mun kasance ba daidai ba.
Da zarar kun dawo zuwa karni na 21, ku shiga motarku kuma ku saita GPS don 30 Main Street, Stockbridge, MA. Stockbridge yana da tsayayyar birni mafi kyau a cikin Berkshires, da kuma titin Main Street, wanda ya jagoranci masanin wasan kwaikwayo Norman Rockwell, ya ba da dama da zafin rana.
Kayan motoci a kan tituna yana samuwa amma a buƙatar ranar karshen mako, amma za ku sami tabo idan kuna da haƙuri kuma kuyi tafiya a bit. Idan kun isa, kamar yadda muka yi, a kusa da karfe 1:30 na dare, za ku iya samun tebur, amma kuna so ku sami ajiyar kuɗi a gaba don wurin cin abinci mafi kyau: dandalin Red Lion Inn. Idan babu wani dakin a dandalin, sai ku yi tafiya a kan Main Street, kuma za ku sami wasu sauran abubuwan cin abinci ciki har da Main Street Cafe, inda muka zauna a kan kuɗin kuma muna da miya mai kyau da sandwiches, ko Theresa's Stockbridge Cafe, tsohon gidan Alice na shahara wanda ya kasance a cikin waƙar Arlo Guthrie.
Da zarar kun ji dadin abincin rana, ku shirya GPS tare da makomarku ta gaba: 508 Hanyar Kan'ana, Richmond, MA. A cikin minti 15 kawai, za ku isa Hilltop Orchards, daya daga cikin wurare mafi mashahuri na Berkshires don tayar da apple. Ba mu tsayar da tsire-tsire a wannan kakar kaka ba, saboda haka mun kasance da sha'awar kawo jakar gida.
An dasa itatuwa a Hilltop Orchards da 'ya'yan itace, amma mun gano cewa yana da matukar wuya a gano irin abubuwan da muka fi son: Ba a samu taswirar ba, kuma signage ba shi da talauci. Gaskiya ne, kwanan wata shi ne babban biki, amma ma'aikatan sun yi watsi da rashin dacewa don gudanar da taron. Za a yi la'akari da shi: Kuna iya jira a karshen mako idan kuna so ku gwada Wutar Wuta ta Gidan Wuta ta Wuta ko kuma idan ba za ku iya tsayayya da ƙanshin kayan kirki da aka shirya a waje ba. Mun yi godiya cewa hayrides zuwa gonar inabi suna da kyauta kuma an sayar da apples.
Mun yi tuntuɓe a kan makomarmu na gaba a cikin Berkshires da ba da gangan ba, amma za ku so ku tambayi GPS ɗinku don shiryar da ku zuwa 3475 Hanyar 43, Hancock, MA. Za ku gicciye jihar zuwa New York don wani ɓangare na wannan kyan gani, mai tsawon minti 20 zuwa arewa zuwa Ioka Valley Farm. Ban taba ji gonar ba, amma lokacin da na hango shi a kan taswirar balaguro da muka dauka, sai na yanke shawarar ya kamata mu yi jinkiri.
Idan kuna tafiya tare da yara, ba shakka ba za ku so ku rasa gonakin aikin gona ba. Yata da ni muna yin tsalle-tsalle lokacin da muka kama kwarewarmu game da wajan mota da ke dauke da baƙi zuwa laka, kuma jaws ɗinmu ya bar. Tare da tsire-tsire na kabeji, wannan hayride ya kasance mafi mahimmanci wanda muka taba gani: Kuma mun haye mafi yawan hayrides fiye da iyalin da suka fi dacewa.
Akwai abubuwa da yawa da za a gani da kuma yi a Yakin Ioka Valley, amma lokacin da na ga watã ya tashi a kan tsaunuka na Berkshire, sai na gane cewa za mu fi tafiya tare idan za mu fara motsawar motarmu kafin faɗuwar rana. Mun biya bashin da muka zaba da kuma koda fari wanda aka zaba wanda shine mafi girma da muka taba ganin, ya bar yarinyarmu a wasu wurare don ciyar da dabbobin gurasar, sa'an nan kuma ya shiga hanya.
Idan har yanzu kuna tafiya a kan wannan yawon shakatawa , za ku so ku ci gaba da arewa a kan Route 43 zuwa Williamstown, sannan ku juya a kan hanyar Route 2 (Main Street).
Ci gaba zuwa yamma a kan Route 2, hanyar Mohawk, ta hanyar Arewa Adams, kuma nan da nan za ku sami tsaka-tsaka, 180-digiri a cikin hanya. Wannan shahararren Murpin Turn yana samar da ra'ayoyi na ban mamaki na Hoosuc Valley da Berkshire Hills. Hakika, idan kai ne mai direba, zaka buƙaci kulawa da hankali a kan hanya yayin da kake gudanar da wannan fashewa. Gidan ajiye motocin yana iyakance, amma mun sami damar samun wuri a kusa da filin wasan Golden Eagle. Idan kun yi aiki har ku ci abinci kuma kuna da lokaci zuwa dindindin, abincin dare a nan zai iya kasancewa cikakkiyar ƙarshen ranar Berkshires.
Idan kuna so ku mika lokaci a Massachusetts kuma kuna da yawan fashewar haɗuwa, tabbas za ku yi adreshin ajiyar wuri a gaba, musamman ma idan kun ziyarci kwanakin mako na Columbus na aiki. A nan an nuna Massachusetts Lodgings na Leaf Peepers.