Kuba usapho lwam luhlala lupheka ukutya kakhulu ekhaya, uhambo oluya kwiiCatskill aluzange luphele ngaphandle kokuma Umsi weNdlu yeeKati, ivenkile yokuthengisa inyama ese-Saugerties esele isebenzile-ebethwe yasebenza kule ndawo amashumi eminyaka. Ebusika sizonwabisa ngokutya okutsha okutshaye kabini bacon kwasekuseni ngaphambi kokubetha amathambeka, kunye nesalami eqholiweyo yokutya okutyibilikayo emva kweskiya (ukuya neebhiya zethu zasemva kweskipa). Ngexesha lasehlotyeni, iisoseji zabo zaseJamani ezenziwe ekhaya kunye nokusika okunesisa kwenkomo kunye nemvana zihlala zisenza indlela yazo kwilahle yamalahle.

Xa singekho kwimeko yokupheka, usapho lwethu oluthandayo Irestyu yaseVesuvio eHensonville. Umnini-mpahla uJoe Baglio wazalelwa eGenoa kwaye wafudukela kwiiCatskill ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1970. Ukhonza i-gravy yangeCawa, kunye ne-on-the-bone veal chopha iMilanese enkulu ngokwaneleyo ukwenza uFred Flintstone abe buthathaka emadolweni. Ukuba unqwenela i-spaghetti pomodoro okanye i-rigatoni Bolognese, uJoe ugqibelele nabo.

Iilekese, Indlu yekofu kaHartmann ku Round Top yenye yezona mfihlo zigcinwa kakuhle zosapho lwam. Indawo yokutyela kunye nendawo yokubhaka, le ndawo yokutya iqhutywa ngabafazi abadala baseJamani-Melika abanobudlelwane obuthandekayo kwii-doile ezimhlophe. Ikhitshi labo elingena-frills linempahla yezitovu zaphakathi kwe-Mid-Century ezikhupha ngendlela yakudala ngokufana, ngokwesiko laseJamani. iikona ze nut (Itshokholethi edikiweyo yehazelnut cookies), inkosana pückler (umaleko ikeyiki), kunye neetera zelinzer ezigcwele ijam raspberry jam Qaphela: IHartmann's Kaffeehause ivaliwe kwiinyanga zobusika.

Ukuba ukwimo yonke yaseMelika, intloko uye Ivenkile yelizwe laseCatskill kuNdlela 23 eWindham ngezinye zeepayi ezingcono ongasokuze uzingcamle ebomini bakho. Ndingumntu wesintu kwaye ndingaze ndiphambuke kwi-apile yabo yakudala, kunye neziqwengana zeswekile, iziqhamo ezinesinamon kunye ne-buttery crust enencasa ngakumbi kunencasa. Abanini uDrew kunye noNatasha bahlala bejikelezile, nokuba babetha i-cider donuts entsha ekhitshini okanye bakhalisa abathengi kwirejista.

Kwenziwe ntoni

Ebusika, abakhweli besikhephe kunye nabakhweli abatyelele amaCatskill asemantla baneentaba ezimbalwa ezimangalisayo abanokukhetha kuzo — nganye inesimo sayo. Ndinomkhethe Intaba yaseWindham kuba kulapho ndakhulela khona ukuskiya. Ngesikolo se-ski esimangalisayo kunye neepaki zommandla ezintandathu zabahambi ngokukhululekileyo kuyo yonke iminyaka, iWindham yindawo efanelekileyo yeentsapho. Kukho ukushushuluza ebusuku kunye nokukhwela kwabo bangafuni ukuba usuku luphele ngokutshona kwelanga, kunye nepaki yeetyhubhu ekufutshane kunye nerink skating rink enikezela nangakumbi iiyure zokuzonwabisa kwikhephu.

Ukuba uyalithanda ikhephu kodwa ukwehla ayisiyonto yakho, ndincoma ukuchitha usuku e Iindlela zeNtaba yeLizwe eliPhambukayo eTannersville ekufuphi. Ngeehektare ezintle ezingama-300 zeendlela zendalo ezilungisiweyo-zonke ziphawulwe ngobunzima bazo obahlukeneyo-lo mmandla we-ski uyathandeka kubantu abanqumla emkhenkceni nakwizithambisi zekhephu ngokufanayo.

Ngexesha leenyanga ezifudumeleyo, ukunyuka ukuya kwi-Fawn's Leap Falls ePalenville ngenxa yokubhukuda okuhle. Okanye ukuba ufuna i-adventure, bamba i-kayak yakho ngesenzo samanzi amhlophe kwiKaaterskill Creek. Ngelixa ulapho, awunandlela yimbi ngaphandle kokuba undwendwele iiKaaterskill Falls, enye yeengxangxasi eziphakamileyo nezona zibalaseleyo kwiSizwe saseNew York.

Ukuba unomdla wokuloba, kuya kufuneka undwendwele i-Livingston Manor, indawo yokuzalwa yokuloba iintlanzi zaseMelika. Apho, amanzi oMlambo iLittle Beaverkill agcwele ziintlobo ngeentlobo zetrout kubandakanya iBrown, iRainbow kunye neBrook-ezinye zasendle kwaye ezinye zigciniwe. Le dolophu ikwalikhaya kwiCatskill Fly Fishing Museum, ebonisa izixhobo zokuloba zembali kwaye ibambe iinkqubo zemfundo kuyo yonke into ukusuka kumlambo wendalo ukuya kwi-etiquette ye-angling kunye nokuphoswa kweempukane.

Uhlala phi

Ngethuba lokuhamba kwayo, iiCatskills zazineetoni ezinkulu, ezizeleyo zenkonzo ezigcwele iindwendwe. Kule mihla, ngakumbi kugxilwe kuyilo, iihotele ezisondeleyo zitsala iindwendwe ezivela esixekweni zohambo olufutshane lweempelaveki.

Intshona Kill ’ I-Spruceton Inn yindawo efanelekileyo yokukhupha kwaye ukonwabele ngaphandle. Ibhedi enamagumbi alithoba kunye nebha, njengoko yaziwa njalo, ayinayo i-Wi-Fi okanye iithelevishini, kwaye akukho nenye inkonzo yeseli kwipropathi. Iindwendwe ezifuna ukwenza ukungabikho kwexesha lescreen zinokuncokola kunye nabanini behostele eConan's Corner, ibha egcwele ngokupheleleyo ebekwe kwigumbi loku-1 ehotele. Ibha inikezela iziselo kunye neebhule ezincinci ezifana nokutshaya itrout-intandokazi yendawo-kunye namalahle kunye neesoseji xa ungathanda ukubetha isidlo sangokuhlwa kwenye yezo grills zine ngaphandle, kwaye uyakucenga ukulungiswa kunye neenkuni zokubasa Imingxuma yomlilo kwipropathi.

Ifunyanwa eTannersville kwaye ijikelezwe ziihektare ezingama-200 zomhlaba oluhlaza oluchumileyo kunye neendlela ezimiselweyo zokuhamba intaba, I-Deer Mountain Inn yenza kube lula ukuba iindwendwe zinandiphe umoya omtsha weentaba. Ihotele kukuhamba okufutshane ukusuka kwiHunter Mountain kunye neNtaba yeeNdawo zeSkii yeZiko leLizwe, ukuyenza indawo entle ebusika. Ukuba uhlala apho ngexesha leenyanga ezifudumeleyo, ungahamba uye kwelinye lamachibi okudada asasazeke kwipropathi yediphu, okanye intloko eChibi laseColgate, indawo yokuloba iimpukane eyaziwayo egcinwe kwitrout. Ukulungiswa okuxabisekileyo kweekhosi ezintathu kwivenkile yokutyela nako akufuneki kuphoswe.

Yintoni ongayibona

Ifakwe kwizakhiwo zembali, iivenkile kunye neeresityu, iSitalato Saugerties yindawo ebukekayo yohambo losuku. Ngelixa ndilapho, ndihlala ndiyeka eSaugerties Antiques Centre ukukhangela ukhetho lwazo olubanzi lwamaqhekeza kunye nezinto eziqokelelweyo ezinje ngee-1950s iiseti zedinette, iminqwazi yeediliya kunye neiglavu, kunye neeseti zepeyinti ezenziwe ngesandla. Ndikwacebisa ukuba undwendwele Indlu yokukhanya yeSaugerties. Eyakhelwe ngo-1886, isakhiwo esidala se-redbrick sisasebenza njengendlu yokukhanya kunye nemyuziyam kunye nebhedi kunye nesidlo sakusasa. Ngomhla ocacileyo, nyuka uye kwinqaba yokukhanyisa engenakulibaleka, iimbono zepanoramic ze-Hudson River kunye neCatskill Mountains.

Iincwadi zoncwadi eziya kwincam esemazantsi eCatskills kufuneka zityelele Omnye Omkhulu eNarrowsburg. Ivenkile yeencwadi ezimeleyo ibonelela ngengqokelela yeencwadi ezicocekileyo eziphenjelelwa ngabaphembeleli abanjengoGloria Steinem, Tilda Swinton, noJohn Irving. Kwakhona kunikezelo lukhetho lwee-Bellocq teas ezibandakanya umxube we-rooibos obizwa ngokuba yi-Little Dickens, olungele ukucoca ngelixa ufunda iishelfu.

KwiWoodstock, Iifilimu eziseNtla kwiSitalato iTinker ibonisa ukhetho olunomdla lweefilimu ezizimeleyo nezizimeleyo kwimbali yemidlalo yeqonga. Ngaba ukhetha ukuthenga kwi-cinema? Emva koko yehla kwisitrato uye Ivenkile encinci ukugcinela kuzo zombini izipho zale mihla kunye nezeediliya zekhaya, okanye Ivenkile kaWoodstock kukhetho lwefashoni lwempahla yangaphandle kunye nezixhobo.