Day twelve, the berkshires of massachusSetts.

Because we missed out on cruising “ the Berkshire Trail” yesterday, we decided to cruise over there and do it today.

The road named the Berkshire trail runs from Dalton, Massachussetts to Northampton, Massachussetts, so we made our way over there on Route 20 East, which was a nice cruisie ride through small towns, being a Saturday, traffic was light so the ride was nice.

We had coffee at Dalton then cruised the Berkshire Trail, opps, my bad, here I was telling the troops it was obviously going to be loaded with slutty rich persons houses but No, the Berkshires are of course the range of rolling green hills the area is named after, so the Berkshire Trail was simply a scenic drive through the rolling green hills of the Berkshires with very little in the way of houses. Oh well, nice ride, bit of a Sunday drive, coffee run type of ride though, no Twisties or tight stuff., but a real nice gently rolling cruise in beaut temps, with a low of about 22 and a high of 31 late afternoon.

We arrived in Northampton and had lunch at a classic 1950’s diner, right out of the movies. Although the streets were strangely absent of people, they were all in this packed diner. Our waitress “Jannine” even had the classic 1950’s hair do. Well at least I hope it was a themed hairdo, none of the other waitresses seemed to be “themed”

I should point out, the general consensus was that the food we ate may also have been prepped in the 1950,s when the diner was built………… but tip we did !!!!!!!!!…oh well, when in Rome.

Looking forward to getting back to Joes Garage in New Plymouth for a decent graze in a couple more months give or take. ( Free advertising you guys at Joes!)

Because those touristie type roads were all 45 mph and 55 mph speed limits on the ride over, we decided to hit the interstate to make the return ride a bit quicker. What I thought would be a 200 km day turned out to be closer to 300……..there ya go, Second night in the Comfort Hotel, Albany.

Albany is quite a big city, posted below a couple pics of the buildings in the CBD as we cruise past on the motorway.

Tommorrow we head into the Catskills Mountains in Up State New York, busy in the Winter for skiing, it’s a Sunday tommorrow, let’s hope there are not too many Sunday drivers. Will keep you posted.