Uninzi lwabahambi bacinga iNew Mexico njengommandla wentlango, i-cactus, kunye nemithi ye-saguaro. Kodwa intsumpa yesikhumbuzo seBandelier National Monument uJason Lott uxelele Ukuhamba + Ukuzonwabisa oko akunakuba kude nenyaniso.

INew Mexico siyibiza ngokuba ‘ngumhlaba wobugqi,’ kwaye iyinyani. SinePonderosa pine, imilambo engxamisekileyo, imilambo: Ngokwenene imeko eluhlaza kakhulu.

Kwaye xa kufikwa kwiipaki zesizwe, ityebile kwezo, nazo.

ISanta Fe, ikomkhulu likarhulumente elingenakuphikiswa (kunye nendawo yokufikela epicurean), ikwiiyure ezimbini ukuya kwiNew Mexico. iipaki zesizwe kunye nezikhumbuzo, ezenza iindawo ezinjengeBandelier National Monument kunye neValles Caldera zilungele uhambo losuku.

I-Mexico entsha kunye ne-apos; ukwahluka okumangalisayo-amathambeka e-ski kunye nemithombo eshushu, iindunduma zesanti ezimhlophe zesanti kunye namadlelo agcwele iintyatyambo zasendle-iyenza ibe yenye yezona ndawo zibalaseleyo zokuphonononga iNkonzo yeSizwe yePaki kunye nobuncwane.

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Isikhumbuzo seLizwe leBandelier

Ukuthatha iihektare ezingama-32,000, kunye nokutshintsha kwemayile, iBandelier National Monument yamkela iindwendwe zosuku zonke iintlobo. Qala ngokusombulula ubude beemayile Umzila ophambili weLoop , ekhokelela ngqo kwiAlcove House, embindini wepaki. Lo mqolomba wakudala uhleli phezulu kwileli eyi-140 yeenyawo, kwaye unikezela ngemibono ephefumlayo yeFrijoles Canyon kunye neRio Grande apha ngezantsi. Ikwangumzekelo wamakhulu eendawo zokuhlala zamawa ezingagungqiyo ezigciniweyo ezichithachithe ipaki.

Lilonke, zingaphezulu kweendawo ezingama-3,000-kubandakanya iindawo ezinkulu zenkunkuma, iipaneli zepetroglyph, kunye neendlela zangaphambili-ezisasazeke kwiikhilomitha ezingama-70 zeendlela ezifikelelekayo.

Imbali yoluntu eBandelier ibuyela umva kwiminyaka eyi-10 000, ucacisile uLott. Ukutyhila bonke oovimba bezinto zakudala kuyinxalenye yemincili: Asiyi kukuxelela ukuba zonke ezo ndawo ziphi. Zenzelwe ukuba uzifumanise kwaye uzihlole ngokwakho.

Ukuphuma kwindlela ebethiweyo, uLott ucebise ukuba ahambe yedwa eTsankawi. Ukude, i-1.5-mile ye-mesa trail ifakwa kwiimpawu zomqolomba ezongezelelweyo, kunye neenyawo ezigciniweyo zabahlali bangaphambi kwembali. Akukho zikhokelo zokutyelela apha-indawo evulekileyo, engenanto apho iindwendwe ziyakonwabela ngexesha lokuzonwabisa. Jonga ubumba beebumbi kunye neempawu eziyimfihlakalo etyeni.

IValles Caldera National Preserve

Nangona yenye yezona zongezo zintsha zepaki yelizwe laseNew Mexico, iValles Caldera yona ibikhe yajikeleza kangangesithuba seminyaka eyi-1.5. Yenziwe yajikeleza i-volcano ewayo, i-89,000-acre egcinwe ngaphakathi kuluhlu lweentaba zeJemez. Yiza ebusika, indawo enkulu yokubuyela umva ilungele ukuskiya kwilizwe lonke.

Ngenxa yokuba le yindawo enentaba-mlilo, zikhona imithombo eshushu , nazo, uninzi lwazo lunokufikelelwa ngeenyawo. Ukufumana amava awodwa ngokwenene, zama ukunyuka uhambe uye kwindlela ephezulu kwaye ubange enye yamachibi esulfure.

Okufakwe ngaphakathi kwe-volcano edilikileyo ye-70-mile yeerim yi-caldera uqobo, into efana nesitya esingeyoyodwa kodwa zimbini iinkqubo ezinkulu zamanzi: iSan Antonio Creek kunye noMlambo iJemez. Ngenxa yoko, ukuloba ngokubhabha lelinye ixesha elidlulileyo elithandwayo apha, elinamadlelo aluhlaza (ikhaya lemihlambi emikhulu yee-elk) equlunqa imilambo yeentaba ecacileyo.

Isikhumbuzo seLizwe eliMhlophe

Phantsi kwiindawo ezisemazantsi zikarhulumente (nangona zisatsala isiqingatha sesigidi seendwendwe unyaka nonyaka) uyakufumana enye yezona zinto zibalaseleyo zaseMelika: I-White Sands National Monument. Iintsimi ezirhubuluzayo zeendunduma zesanti emhlophe ezimhlophe zijongeka ngathi ziyinto evela kwimuvi yesayensi. Kwaye, uLott uqaphele, bayindawo entle ukuzisa abantwana.

Unokurenta ezi sleds zincinci zeplastikhi kwiziko labatyeleli. Uzifaka isilingi, kwaye abantwana banokuzikhwela yonke indlela eya ezantsi kweendunduma zentlabathi. Ngakumbi indlela yolonwabo ukonwabela ipaki, utshilo, eqaphela ukuba kukho uthungelwano lweendlela ezifanelekileyo, ke unokufikelela kuyo yonke-ubukhulu becala.