Ukuba awuzange uqhube udlule eTexas — ngakumbi ngasentshona kwi-Interstate 10 ukusuka e-Austin ukuya eMarfa — ngokuqinisekileyo uyaphoswa. Phakathi kukarhulumente kunye neeposos ezininzi zobungangamsha zingaphezulu kweshumi elinesibini leepaki zesizwe, izikhumbuzo, indawo zolonwabo, izikhumbuzo, iindawo zokugcina kunye neendawo ezinembali. Sibuze ixesha elide umsebenzi weeNkonzo zePaki kaZwelonke uRuss Whitlock, umququzeleli welizwe Iipaki zeSizwe zaseTexas , Ukusihamba ngezinye zeLone Star State ezinkulu (zendalo).

Ngenxa yokuba ibanzi kakhulu, iTexas ayisiyiyo kuphela amathafa aphakamileyo kunye nemesas onokucinga ngayo. Inezindululo zokwenyani: Inxalenye esempuma yelizwe yimithi yeepiney, eziya kwilizwe eliseNtabeni kunye nemithi yalo ephilayo, ngaphambi kokuba ekugqibeleni ibe ngamathafa atshabalalayo kunye namathafa eTexas aziwa kakhulu.

Idibeneyo: Ukujonga ngokusondeleyo kwiPaki yeSizwe yaseOhio kuphela

Yazise i-Biodiversity

Qala empuma, kulondolozo lwesizwe lwaseBeaumont Itikiti elikhulu , kwikhaya elingaphezulu kwehektare ezingama-100 000 zomhlaba okhuselweyo, utshilo. Yeyona ndawo inezinto eziphilayo kwisizwe, nakwihlabathi liphela. Ngenxa yobukhulu bayo, iThikiti elikhulu yi-patchwork of creeks, bayous, amahlathi, kunye neekhilomitha ezingama-40 ezigcweleyo. YiAppalachia idibana noMazantsi idibana neNtshona idibana nezityalo zidibana nezilwanyana zasendle, uyahleka.

Idibeneyo: Isikhokelo kwiPaki yeSizwe yeOlimpiki

Fumana Iinyawo Zakho Zimanzi

Intloko yasemazantsi edlulileyo eSan Antonio ukuya Isiqithi solwandle sasePadre Island . Ukunikezelwa ngeminyaka yoo-1960 ngu-Lady Bird Johnson, ibonelela ngolonwabo, izilwanyana zasendle, ukuloba, kunye ne-camping, utshilo u-Whitlock, kodwa elinye lawona mabango alo adumileyo ngumsebenzi wabo wokubuyiselwa kofudo. Ulwahlulo olukhethekileyo lwe Iipaki zeSizwe Inkonzo izinikele ekuqinisekiseni ukuba ufudo lwaselwandle olusandul 'ukuqanduselwa lubuyela kwiGulf of Mexico — yinto eluntwini enakho ukuyenza jonga ngamaxesha athile onyaka.

Idibeneyo: Isikhokelo kwiiPaki zeSizwe ze-Utah

Hlulela Kwimbali Yakho

Imbali yasemkhosini aficionados kufuneka iqhubeke iqhuba ngaphaya kweemfudo, ukuya kuthi ga kumda waseMexico ukubona IPalo Alto Idabi . Yindawo yedabi lokuqala kwiMfazwe yaseMexico ngo-1846, kwaye uGeneral Zachary Taylor — owayeza kuba ngumongameli ekugqibeleni — walwa apha. Ukuqhubeka nomda osemazantsi-ntshona, qhuba uye kuthi ga Ubuhlobo , indawo yolonwabo yelizwe enobugcisa bamatye obuqala kwiminyaka engama-4,000, utsho uWhitlock. Ukumisa amatende, ukuhamba intaba, ukuloba, ukuzingela kunye nokuhamba ngesikhephe zizinto ezenziwayo kwindawo ejikeleze eli chibi.

Idibeneyo: Ukuya phi ngokuHamba ngokuSayine iZodiac Sign yakho

INtloko ungene endle

Kwaye ukuba ufuna ukulungiswa kwendalo iyonke, landela iRio Grande ukuya Ibhendi enkulu . Ipaki yesizwe yokuqala edumileyo yaseTexas yabekelwa bucala nguFranklin D. Roosevelt ngeminyaka yoo-1930, kwaye iquka iihektare ezingama-8 000 ezipheleleyo zomhlaba okhuselweyo. Inezinto ezahlukeneyo ezimangalisayo, ukusuka kwiiNtaba zeChisos ukuya kumanqwanqwa e-cacti, kwaye ungahamba nge-kayak iRio Grande uqobo.

Ukuhamba usiya ngasentla uye kumda waseNew Mexico, jonga iiNtaba zeGuadalupe-ziyakhuthaza iPaki kaZwelonke ikwanenkqubo yobugcisa apho. Kukho intaba yokuhamba intaba, ubhaka ubhaka, kwaye uswiti Inkqubo yeJunior Ranger yabantwana.

Idibeneyo: Isikhokelo kwiPaki yeSizwe yaseBadlands

Ngelixa ulapha, kufanelekile ukuthatha ixesha elifutshane (laseTexas!) I-jaunt eyi-111 yeemayile ngasentshona ukuze ubone iSikhumbuzo seSizwe saseChamizal. Kukho ukunyuka intaba nokuhamba ngebhayisikile apha, kodwa okona kubaluleke kakhulu, injongo yayo kukukhumbula ukuphela koxolo kwembambano ende yomda phakathi kweMexico ne-United States nge-1963 ye-Chamizal Convention. Isikhumbuzo likhaya lokudlala kunye neminyhadala yenkcubeko.

Idibeneyo: Isikhokelo kwiPaki yeSizwe yaseShenandoah

Jonga umdlalo

Ukuqhuba usiya empuma-mpuma, yima uye eFort Davis, iposi yomkhosi wasemdeni ngasekupheleni kwenkulungwane ye-19. Ukuboniswa kwakhona kweendleko kuhlala kwenzeka apha. Kwakhona, uWhitlock uthi, likhaya lamanye amajoni okuqala aqeqeshiweyo, ahlawulelwayo ase-Afrika-aseMelika-awayesaziwa njenge-Buffalo Soldiers-kumkhosi wase-United States.

Idibeneyo: Yintoni omele uyenze kwaye uyenze kwiZiyon National Park

Ukuzibophelela kweengcali zejoloji kunye nabembi bezinto zakudala banokuthi baqwalasele ukuqhuba ixesha elide ukuya emantla ukubona Idibanisa iiKarries zeFlint , ilitye lesikhumbuzo elinokhenketho lwenkwali kunye neendlela ezintle zokuma komhlaba ongaqhelekanga. Kodwa iWhitlock waxes eyona mbongi malunga neTexas kunye nesikhumbuzo sesizwe esitsha, Isikhumbuzo seSizwe saseWaco Mammoth , apho uMongameli u-Obama wabeka bucala ngo-2015. Isikhumbuzo se-Waco sisemazantsi eDallas, kwaye yindawo enye yokuzisa abantwana ngenxa yemifosholo yaseColumbian efumaneka apha. Igcinwe endaweni yokuhlala ngenxa yodaka oludaka kwiminyaka engama-65,000 eyadlulayo, amabamba agobileyo angama-14 eenyawo kwaye zonke, ziyinto engakholelekiyo ukuzibona.

Ngaba awuboni yonke ipaki, ilitye lesikhumbuzo, kunye nendawo yolonwabo eTexas? Kulungile. UWhitlock ngokwakhe uyavuma ukuba urhulumente uqhume kakhulu kangangokuba kunzima. Kodwa khaba umva kwaye ukonwabele ukuqhuba , kuba ngokuqinisekileyo intle kule nxalenye yaseNtshona.