Ecaleni kwethu, sathi chu ukunyuka intaba. Indlela yethu yahamba kumda omxinwa weewa ezimbini zamatye — enye ingasentla kwethu, enye ingezantsi — leyo ichazayo nje, ngokungathi elinye icandelo lalincamathele kwelinye laze emva koko, lingaze liphulukane nenqanaba lokuma nkqo, liye lehla iwaka leenyawo. Ngelixa ndandiwolonge ilitye ebusweni ngasekhohlo, umhlobo wam wakudala kunye nomlingane ohamba phambili ohambahambayo uLynn babegcina iliso lizinzile kakhulu kwimilebe yento esaziyo ukuba yeyokungaboni. Kakade, kusuku lokuqala lokuqhuba olunokusithatha ukusuka nje ukuba neentloni kumda waseCanada umgama oziikhilomitha ezingama-2 000 ukuya emazantsi eNew Mexico, besidibana nohlobo olugqithisileyo lwemeko eya kuhlala sisihlobo sethu: ukhuphiswano phakathi kwendlela ephambi kwethu kunye nozuko olujikeleze thina, phakathi koxinaniso olusondeleyo kunye nokuphazamiseka okungaphaya kwamandla.
Into endandifuna ukuyifumana kolu hambo yayikukutshayelwa kwesizwe ngokuchasene nokutya okuziinkozo, ukuqhuba ngomqolo waseMelika ukusuka emantla ukuya emazantsi. Ilizwe elinomfanekiso ophambili kwilizwe laseMelika Uhambo lwendlela ibisoloko isempuma ukuya entshona. Yayinjalo ke indlela ilizwe lethu elaliqhuba ngayo de layokuvala ulwandle. Intshona kulapho litshona khona ilanga; kubantu baseMelika, yindawo yethu yamagnetic. Sijikeleze kwaye siza kuphumla kunye notolo lwethu olukhombe ngasentshona. Ngasentshonalanga ho, ukwandiswa kwentshona, ukuya entshona, inyani-ntshona-utsalo lufakwe kwi-psyche yethu yesizwe.
Ukulandela ulwahlulo lwelizwekazi, umgca omkhulu ongabonakaliyo ohamba phezulu encotsheni yeentaba zeRocky kwaye umisele ukuba amanzi ahamba entshona ukuya kwiPasifiki okanye empuma ukuya kwiAtlantic, ndadibanisa indlela eyayilandela ngokusondeleyo njengoko indlela evulekileyo ingavumela, ukujika okuncinci. Kwezinye iihambo bendizinike i iipaki zesizwe Ilungelo labo. Ngeli xesha, baya kuba ziidorama ziqengqeleka kunye nabahlali ababini basezidolophini (iNew Yorker kunye neAngeleno) abonwabileyo ukuhamba ngenqanawa ngaphandle kokuphazanyiswa zizibane zokumisa kunye nokugcwala kwabantu.
Kuphela ngeeyure ezimbalwa ukusuka kwinqwelomoya eKalispell, eMontana, besele sinyusa enye yeendlela ezaziwayo eMelika. I-Montana’s Going-to-the-Sun Road, phezu kwayo nje iminqweno yayo yelanga, ibingayi kuba yeyona ndlela iphambili esinokuhamba ngayo, kodwa ibiya kujika ibe yeyona ibalaseleyo kwaye ingeyiyo nje ipanorama eyanikezelayo. Ukwakha indlela ngoo-1930, ubukhulu becala ngesandla, ukuqhushumba, kunye negrit, eya kuthi inyuse iindwendwe kwaye inyuse iDivide iye entliziyweni yeGlacier National Park yayiluloyiso lwakuqala lobunjineli hayi ubuntununtunu ngokunjalo. UStephen Mather, umlawuli wokuqala we-National Park Service, waqinisekisa ukuba uhola wendlela ulele — njengazo zonke iindlela zangaphambili ezazakhiwe ngurhulumente — ngaphandle komhlaba.
Siphume eLogan Pass ixesha elide ngokwaneleyo ukuba sincome iintyatyambo zimile, nangona zingekho nde kakhulu, kumxhaphazi onokuthi indalo ibe kwezi ndawo zingaphantsi komhlaba. Kwaye apho kwisithsaba selizwekazi sajongana nezibalo ezitsha: iTriple Divide Peak, apho amanzi ahamba ngakwindlela ezimbini kodwa zintathu, esongeza iArctic kwiAtlantic nasePacific. Amaconsi amancinci, ngokungathi aqhutywa kukunxanelwa ityuwa, ajoyina ukuhamba okoyikisayo ngakumbi de afikelele kwelinye lamanzi amathathu. Okulusizi kukuba, safunda nokuba ukufudumala kwehlabathi kuyaqhubeka kwindlela esikuyo ngoku, iGlacier National Park inokuphelelwa ngumkhenkce kwangoko ngo-2020.
Phakathi kweencopho zamatye angwevu zeGlacier's Livingston Range kunye neTetons eziseWyoming, eMontana yonke yayihlaza kunye negolide-indawo yehlathi, indawo evulekileyo, umhlaba ochumileyo- nobhedu. Ubungqina bobutyebi kunye noluntu olwaziswa yimigodi eNtshona lilele kwiindawo ezinjengeBrigadoon kuzo zonke iiRockies. Ezinye ziidolophu eziziziporho eziyinyani, ezinye zinalo moya, zizolile izitrato zazo. I-Philipsburg, apho sasilala khona ebusuku kwi-Broadway Hotel, yayiyidolophu enemigodi yesilivere yajika yaba ngumtsalane waseNtshona.
Ngosuku olulandelayo, sisihla saya e-Anaconda ukuya ngasekupheleni kwePintler Scenic Loop (iMontana Highway 1), sahamba kunye nomxokelelwane ongapheliyo woololiwe ababandayo bengahlali ndawo, isikhumbuzi sendlela imigodi eyayimiswe ngayo kudala. iingoma. Obo butyebi bukhulu babungoka-Anaconda bubonakala ekusebenziseni kwakhe ngokukhululekileyo izitena zalapha ekhaya, igranite, kunye nobhedu kwizakhiwo ezikhulu zase-Victoria ezinje nge nkundla yenkundla, i-Hearst Free Library, kunye neholo yangaphambili yedolophu.
Iikhilomitha ezingama-30 ukuya empuma, iBerkeley Pit sisifo esivulekileyo empuma ye-Butte, idolophu eyayiphantse yaqaqamba kwaye ilungile njengeLas Vegas. Owayesakuba ngumgodi wobhedu, ngoku ophethe i-40 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi yetyhefu, ngumtsalane ongaqhelekanga, yenye yezona ndawo zinkulu zokulahla inkunkuma esizweni kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo yenye yezona zineqonga lokujonga kunye nevenkile yezipho. Emva kokujonga uLynn kwaye sabuyela kukhuseleko lwe-minivan kunye nokukhuseleka kwendlela evulekileyo. Ngasezantsi kwe-Butte, umqondiso obonisa umgama: i-20 yeemayile ukuya kwahlula, i-75 kubulumko.
Sasinjalo ke isingqi sependulum sendlela yethu yeentaba. Ukuqhuba kwethu bekujija phakathi kobumnene bendalo kunye namandla akhe, ubukrelekrele bendoda kunye nehlazo lakhe. Ukunyathela komntu, ngakumbi ukungxama okukhohlakeleyo okufana neBerkeley Pit, kusibuyisele kwindalo ukuze sincedise, okanye mhlawumbi sixolise. Ke iiyure ezisibhozo emotweni, zisebenzisa umhlaba kunye nesibhakabhaka, zavuselela umdla wokuphila. Ukutsala ukuya kwiNdala ethembekileyo yeNdlu emva komhla wendlela yayiyitoni. Ngenyanga egcweleyo ikhanyisela amaqhuma omphunga abaleka imingxunya yokugqobhoza kweYellowstone, sanyoshoza phantsi kwigumbi lethu-yonke imithi eyenziwe ngeplanga, iindawo ezilula zokulala, kunye nomoya omtsha.
IScotch lonyango lwethu ngobusuku obulandelayo. Kwi-Two-Bit Cowboy Saloon eMiner's Delight, indawo yokuhlala encinci yezimbiwa yase South Pass, umnini-B & B umninimzi uBob Townsend uthathe umgama kwi-drive ende kunye nokukhula okukhulayo okunencasa yemalts enye kukhetho olufanelekileyo eWyoming. Ukude njengangoku, iSouth Pass yayiyeyona ndlela iphambili yokufudukela ngasentshona. Ukuthambeka ngobunono, ukuwela i-Continental Divide ngobuninzi beemayile ezingama-20 yenye yezona zilula, nokuba kukuphakama kweenyawo ezingama-7,660.
Iindlela zeOregon, Mormon, kunye neCalifornia kunye nendlela yePony Express zonke zidibene eSouth Pass. Ukugcwala okunjalo bekuya kuba luncedo kuPolly Hinds noLynda German, abathe, ukusukela ngo-2000, bathengisa iincwadi ezindala, amaqanda amatsha kwipropathi yabo kwiSitishi samanzi eSweetwater, indawo enye yokuhamba ngeenyawo kumisa iikhilomitha ezingama-40 ukusuka kwisikhululo segesi esikufutshane. I-Mad Dog kunye nePilgrim Booksellers 'ezingama-75,000 zezinto zakudala, ezingaprintwanga, kunye nje nomthamo nje ocacileyo onomdla owaphazamisa ukuqhubela kwethu phambili ngathi yipayini enamandla iwele ecaleni kwendlela yethu. Kwaye uHinds wayenomdla ka-Annie Proulx, ummelwane wakhe ongumbhali we-126 yeekhilomitha ezantsi kwendlela eSaratoga, eWyoming. Ukufika edolophini kamva ngobo busuku, sathabatha imithombo eshushu yokunyanga kumachibi anamatheyiphu eTee eSaratoga Resort & Spa.
Ukuza kuluhlu oluvulekileyo lwe-Wyoming, iColorado yayibonakala inyanzelekile, ngokungathi imida yayo esemantla kunye nasemazantsi ibibeke iiRockies, ibanyanzela ukuba babe ngamaqoqo aqinileyo eencopho eziphakamileyo. Intlango ephezulu yesagebrashi yanika i-spruce eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, i-pickups eya kwi-Subarus, iiracks racks kwiibhayisikile, iminqwazi yeenkomo ukuya kwiibhokisi zebaseball, nangona ubuso babusadambile kwaye butyhafile. Sithe sakucotha okanye sayeka ukuthatha imifanekiso yayo yonke imiqondiso ethunyelwe ukuphawula ukuHlulwa kweLizwekazi, saya eMilner Pass, ekuphakameni okungama-10, 759, kwiRocky Mountain National Park. Iishumi elinesine laseColorado (iincopho ezingama-58 ngaphezulu kweenyawo ezili-14,000 ukuphakama) ezitsala abakhangeli kwinkulungwane ye-19 ngoku betha igolide engagxili kakhulu kodwa ngokuxhomekeke kwingqikelelo. Apho kanye iboomtown enkulu yayiyi-Leadville-umthombo wobutyebi buka-Meyer Guggenheim-ngoku yi-Aspen apho ukumbiwa kwemigodi kunzulu kodwa kubonakala kuhlambulukile, kwenziwa kwiziselo nakwithambeka. Ukudibanisa ezi dolophu zimbini yi-Independence Pass, kwii-12,095 iinyawo eziphakamileyo zokuwela i-Continental Divide.
Bendicinga ukuba i-Aspen izakuba lilark, ibuyise kwimenyu enzima yenyama kunye neempahla zangaphandle ezinxibe nzima. Ihotele i-Sky ihambise: izitulo zokuphumla ezinoboya bobuxoki; i-lampshade ephumayo njengamaplanga okuphembelela; i-tuna-tartare tostadas; abahambi abamhlophe ehlotyeni. Kodwa ngaphesheya kwesitrato e-Little Nell, indawo yee-Escalades ezimnyama, ezilungele ukubengezela iindwendwe iibhloko ezimbalwa ezimfutshane kwiKlabhu yeCaribou okanye ePrada okanye eDior, zazisenza isibhengezo esimenyezelayo seMadison Avenue kunye neRodeo Drive.
Amawaka amabini eemayile emotweni angenza nabani na afune ukukhululwa. EColorado, sayifumana inyuka kwi-ziplines ngapha komthi we-ponderosa pines ekupheleni kwe-canyon apho iButch Cassidy kunye neSundance Kid, aka Newman kunye neRedford, baxhumela kwi-Animas River. Kuba kaloku sobabini sasingabakhweli, phezulu ezihlahleni kunye naseDurango naseSilverton Umgaqo omxinwa kaloliwe, ekuphela kwendlela yokufikelela kwi-canyon. Siyifumene ihambahamba phakathi kwe-heirloom hollyhocks kwiigadi ezixineneyo ngombala eBlue Lake Ranch. Sifumene ukuba ibekwe nje phantsi komphezulu we-mesa kwii-recesses kunye namaqonga kunye neengqameko ze-Balcony House, indawo ehlala e-Mesa Verde. Kwaye sayifumana ivela emhlabeni ngokwawo eNew Mexico.
Apha, iintaba-ngokungathi zibekwe kwinqwelomoya enkulu-zavela zachetywa ziincopho zazo, zinyuka ngokungacwangciswanga zinqumla kumgangatho ophakamileyo wentlango njengoko iitafile zigutyungelwe ngegolide nobomvu. Emva kokuphola kweColorado, samkela iphalethi eshushu, amaqondo aphezulu obushushu, ukutya okushushu, kunye nenkcubeko enzulu. Ukuba uPueblo Alto, igumbi lama-89 lenkulungwane ye-11 elihlala eChaco Canyon, lisekhona, kwaye iAcoma Pueblo yayihlala abantu, kwaye isaphila, zizikhumbuzo zokuba kufanelekile ukuba sibe njengabancokolayo nookhokho baseChacoan (ngaphambili babebizwa ngokuba yiAnasazi ) njengoko sikunye nabantu bexesha labo uKing Arthur, Leif Eriksson, kunye noWilliam uMoyisi. Kutheni ukukhanya kungafane kufunwe eyadini yethu?
INew Mexico yasenza sanxanwa. Ukuwela i-Interstate 40, sagcina amanzi asebhotileni ngaphambi kokungena kumhlaba ojikelezayo wentaba-mlilo i-El Malpais National Monument. Kwiikhilomitha ezilikhulu ezalandelayo, asizange sidibane nesithuthi esinye, esiza okanye esihambayo, njengoko sasinqumla inqanawa emnyama eqhekezwe zii-cinder cones. Iti ye-Iced yapholisa ukubuya kwe-chile chile cheeseburger eLargo Café, eQuemado. Amanzi amaninzi asithwala ngomlenze wokugqibela osuka eCanada, sibaleka iArizona kwilizwe elalisakuba liApache, emva koko sityhutyha iGila leSizwe ngaphambi kokuba siye kungena kwiSilver City enemibala. Emazantsi edolophu ubume bomhlaba buya kuthi ekugqibeleni buhle buye kumda waseMexico, kodwa iSilver City eneentaba ngokwayo yahlala kanye kwi-Continental Divide. I-Cloudbursts apha zihlala ziguqula izitalato zibe yimilambo, kwaye enye ifuna isitulo sokunyusa iindawo eziphezulu. Mna noLynn asizukuhlala kwisaqhwithi esilandelayo kodwa endaweni yoko sahlule sibuyele ekhaya, njengamanzi, siye elwandle.
Nini ukuya
Ixesha elifanelekileyo liphela ngoMeyi ukuya phakathi ku-Septemba. Ukupasa ngamanye amaxesha akuvulwa kude kube nguJuni kwaye ezinye zivala ekuqaleni kokuwa (iLogan's Pass, eGlacier National Park, ivala nje emva koSuku loMsebenzi; iPasi ye-Independence ihlala ivuliwe ngasekupheleni kukaNovemba).
Hlala
Ixabiso elikhulu Zonke ezi hotele zingezantsi zingaphantsi kwama- $ 250 ngobusuku.
Ukunyuka kwelanga ngeMoto Inn Ipaki yeSizwe yeGlacier, eMont.; Ngama-866 / 875-8456; nationalparkreservations.com; iphindwe kabini kwiidola ezili-130.
ILake McDonald Lodge Ipaki yeSizwe yeGlacier, eMont.; Ngama-866 / 875-8456; nationalparkreservations.com; iphindwe kabini kwi-119 yeedola.
Ihotele ebanzi 103 W. Broadway, ePhilipsburg, eMont.; 406 / 859-8000; ebroadmontana.com; iphindwe kabini ukusuka kwi- $ 80.
Indawo yokuthembeka emdala Ipaki yeSizwe yaseYellowstone, iWyo .; Ngama-866 / 439-7375; yellowstonenationalparklodges.com; iphindwe kabini ukusuka kwi- $ 96.
Imigodi Yolonwabo Inn I-290 Atlantic City Rd., IsiXeko iAtlantic, iWyo .; 307 / 332-0248; minersdelightinn.com; iphindwe kabini ukusuka kwi-125 yeedola, ubuncinci bobusuku bobabini.
ISaratoga Resort kunye ne-Spa 601 E. Pic Pike Rd., Saratoga, Wyo .; 800 / 594-0178; saratogaresortandspa.com; iphindwe kabini kwi- $ 150.
Ihotele yeSky 709 E. Durant Ave., Aspen, Colo .; Ngama-800 / 882-2582; thehotel.com; iphindwe kabini kwi $ 239.
IBlue Lake Ranch 16919 Hwy. 140, iHesperus, iColo .; 888 / 258-3525; bluelakeranch.com; iphindwe kabini kwi-165 yedola.
Indlu yeeNdwendwe eCasitas de Gila I-50 Casita Flats Rd., IGila, N. Mex .; 877 / 923-4827; casitasdegila.com; iphindwe kabini ukusuka kwi-140 yeedola.
Yitya
Irestyu yeBrother Brothers 'kunye noMthombo weSoda I-120 E. Broadway, ePhilipsburg, eMont .; 406 / 859-7677; isidlo sasemini ngeedola ezingama-20.
IAtlantic City iMercantile I-100 E. Main St, iAtlantic City, iWyo .; 307 / 332-5143; isidlo sangokuhlwa ngeedola ezingama-75.
IKafesi yeKebebec kunye neBhaka I-4 CR 124, iHesperus, iColo .; 970 / 247-5674; isidlo sasemini ngeedola ezingama-20.
Yenza
Ipaki yeSizwe yeGlacier Hwy. 2, eMont.; 406 / 888-7800; nps.gov.
Umngxuma waseBerkeley E. Park St., Butte, Mont.; Ngama-800 / 735-6814; ingcambu.org.
Indawo yeMbali yeSixeko saseSouth Pass I-125 South Pass Main St, iSouth Pass City, iWyo .; 307 / 332-3684; mzantsi-global.com.
Inja kaMad kunye nabaThengisi beeNcwadi zeePilgrim 4176 Hwy. 789, iSitishi samanzi eSweetwater, iWyo .; 307 / 544-2203.
Ukunyuka kweMithi ePhakamileyo IDurango, iColo .; 970 / 769-2357; ukuyibala.com; Ukhenketho lwe-canopy ukusuka kwi- $ 429 kumntu ngamnye.
Ipaki yeSizwe iMesa Verde IMesa Verde, iColo.; 970/529-4465; nps.gov.
Amabhodlo eAztec Isikhumbuzo seLizwe I-84 CRR 2900, iAztec, uN. Mex .; 505 / 334-6174; nps.gov.
Isikhumbuzo seSizwe i-El Malpais 123 E. Roosevelt Ave., Izibonelelo, N. Mex .; 505 / 783-4774; nps.gov.
Indawo yokuthembeka emdala
IAtlantic City iMercantile
IBlue Lake Ranch
Umnini uDavid Alford waguqula umzi owakhiwe ngabafuduki baseNorway bangena kweli lizwe-indawo yokulala kunye nesidlo sakusasa esibheke eBlue Lake nakwiintaba zeLa Plata. Kugqityiwe ngo-1983, lo mhlaba umi kwiihektare ezingama-200 zabucala ezineendawo zokuhlala ezisibhozo, ukusukela kwizindlu ezisegadini ukuya kwikhabhathi yabucala echibini. Amagumbi amancinci kwiRanch House ephambili aneebhedi zeentsiba ezilingana nenkosi, ngelixa iisuti ezinkulu ebhaleni kunye izindlu ezincinci baneebhafu zokuqubha kunye neendawo zokuhlala. Usapho lakwa-Alford lusebenzela isidlo sakusasa esincumisayo yonke imihla kwiRanch House & apos; igumbi eliqhelekileyo, kusetyenziswa iiresiphi ezenziwe ekhaya njengepenike zengqolowa epheleleyo kunye neepinenuts.
Ihotele yeSky
Ihotele yaseSky ibekwe emazantsi eSilver Queen Gondola, enyukela kwindibano yeNtaba yeAspen. Ilungiswe kwakhona ziihotele zaseKimpton ngo-2002, isibhakabhaka sixuba imibala eqaqambileyo kunye neprints zezilwanyana kumagumbi aso eendwendwe angama-90 nakwizituti. Indawo yokwamkela iindwendwe yindawo ethandwayo yokuhlanganisana, kunye nophahla lwe-log-boram, izitulo ezixhonywe ngasemva kunye nolungelelwaniso lwemidlalo yebhodi. Ukutya kuyafumaneka kwi-39 Degrees Lounge, apho i-bass eqhotsiweyo, ii-mushroom slider, kunye ne-Aspen Slushes ezenziwe nge-whisky yaseColorado zihanjiswa phambi kwendawo yokubasa umlilo.
Amabhodlo eAztec Isikhumbuzo seLizwe kunye neMyuziyam
I-circa-1100 pueblo eyakhiwe ngokutsha.
Ukunyuka kwelanga ngeMoto Inn
ILake McDonald Lodge
Ihotele ebanzi
Yolonwabo Inner's Miner's
ISaratoga Resort kunye ne-Spa
Indlu yeeNdwendwe eCasitas de Gila
Indawo yokutyela yabazalwana i Doe kunye noMthombo weSoda
IKafesi yeKebebec kunye neBhaka
Le ndawo yokutyela iMeditera-Melika kunye nevenkile yokubhaka yavulwa kwingingqi ezine zeKona ngo-2000. Umpheki wendawo waseBarbara Helmer kunye neqabane lakhe kwezoshishino, umpheki uMiguel Carrillo, baguqula i-motel endala kule ndawo yokutyela yaseTuscan enefestile ende, imiqadi eyenziwe ngomthi, kunye ne-arched isilingi. Ukusuka kwigumbi lokutyela nakwiyadi, kukho umbono wegadi ezijikelezileyo kunye neeNtaba zeLa Plata. Imenyu inoluhlu lwama-entree, ukusuka kwi-rack edibeneyo yegusha kunye ne-rosemary kwi-pie yenkukhu. UChef Helmer wenza iidessert zokutyikitya ezikhulu ngokwaneleyo ukuba zingabelana ngazo, njengokhilimu omuncu kunye nepayi yeapile.