Kungekudala ngokwaneleyo, sasikwigumbi lokufundela elise-Marina eMacedon, sifumana uqeqesho kwi-propane heater, ii-injini zedizili, kunye nezindlu zangasese zasemanzini- onke la malungu enza uphawu lwentengiso. Emva kweevidiyo ezimbalwa zemfundo, sasikhwele kwi ISeneca kunye nomnini we-Erie Canal Adventures uBrian Keenan, owayeze kusinika uqeqesho. Wasijonga njengoko sasithatha isikhephe sethu - sidlalisa inkampani kunye nesikimu sombala obomvu noluhlaza ngombala - ngamasango eLock 30, siziqhelanisa namaqhina ethu, sidlala ngonomathotholo, kwaye sijikeleza Whoosh zethu zokujija isaphetha.

Emva kweyure, uKeenan wabuya umva erenkini wasinqwenelela uhambo oluhle. Ndikunye nomfazi wam kunye nam ebhodini- kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo weinshurensi eyi- $ 100,000 eyabhalwa apha ngezantsi- ndaye ndaphakuzela. Siye saxhamla ekuhlaleni kangangeenyanga, kodwa ngequbuliso ndaziva ndililolo kakhulu.

Ngaphambi Sondeza iifowuni , ngaphambili jets , nangaphambi kweModeli Ts kunye oololiwe , ukuhamba kwakuthetha nje ngezikhephe. Ziyeyona ndlela ikhawulezayo, elula, kunye neyona ndlela ifanelekileyo yokufika naphi na, yiyo loo nto ooyise abasungulayo bachitha ixesha elininzi- bengasathethi ke ngemali-bezama ukwenza iinkqubo zemijelo eMelika ukuze baphikisane nezo ziguqula iYurophu. Njengoko uPeter L. Bernstein ebhala Umtshato wamanzi, Imbali ye-Erie Canal, umjelo wamanzi 'wawuza kudibanisa imisipha yoHlaziyo lwezoShishino, uhambise ubumbano lwehlabathi… kwaye uguqule imveliso nokubonelelwa kokutya kwihlabathi liphela.'

Namhlanje, umjelo uphantse wasetyenziselwa ukuzonwabisa, kodwa ayisiyibaxi into yokuba ikhonkco elinobude obungamamayela angama-363 ​​phakathi kweAtlantiki neGreat Lakes lalimisa ilizwe kunye ne-apos; ubukhulu boqoqosho kunye neNew York City ikomkhulu layo lezemali. (Ukuba uninzi lwezi ngeniso luye lwacatshulwa, ngokuthe ngqo okanye ngokungathanga ngqo, kumhlaba obiweyo okanye oqhathiweyo kubantu bomthonyama, ngakumbi abo baseHaudenosaunee Confederacy, bahlala bengachazwanga.)

Ukanti kuzo zonke izibonelelo zoqoqosho, umjelo ubonelele ngento ebaluleke ngakumbi: ibangele uthungelwano ngezimvo. Phakathi kwabazimeleyo ababehlala kwaye besebenza ecaleni komjelo yayinguJoseph Smith, owayepapashe Incwadi kaMormoni ngo-1830 ePalmyra. Ngo-1848, uFrederick Douglass wafudukela eRochester, apho waseka khona iphepha-ndaba lakhe. Kwakuloo nyaka, uElizabeth Cady Stanton wanceda ekulungiseleleni iNgqungquthela yamaLungelo amaTyhini neApos eyayibanjelwe eSeneca Falls, ngoku elikhaya lamaLungelo abaFazi kunye neApos;

Konke oko kukuthi uhambo oluya kumjelo lukuhambisa kungekuphela kwintshona yeNew York kodwa nakumakhulu eminyaka Imbali yaseMelika . Ayisiyiyo yokuba ucinga ukuba nantoni na xa uvuka ePittsford embindini wendudumo ebandayo. I-Canal trivia ithatha isihlalo sangasemva xa yonke into & imanzi, kuvuthuza umoya obandayo, kwaye ekuphela komntu ojikeleze ukukhulula imigca nguwe. Yayingcinga kabani le nto phofu?

Sangena entshona saya eRochester, apho sabophelela khona eCorn Hill Landing, embindini wesixeko. Ngaphandle kwemvula enkulu, senze uhambo olufutshane saya eDinosaur Bar-B-Que, ephila ngokuvutha ngamaphiko atshaya umngxuma kunye ne-mac kunye noshizi. Sahamba ngoMartin Luther King, Jr. Emva kwemini, ilanga belibuyile, kwaye sibhiyozele iipilsner kunye namaringi e-anyanisi eRoc Brewing Co ngaphambi kokuba sibuyele esikhepheni kwaye sicinezele ukuya eSpencerport ukuya kubamba ikhonsathi ye-Lobb & apos, ye-gazebo, elinye lamava aloluhlobo alungiselelwe ngu-Atlas Obscura kwindlela yethu.

Emva kweentsuku ezimbalwa sikhwele, sasifumana ukuxhonywa kwe ISeneca . Eyona nto yayinzima yayikukudlula kwizitshixo, ezazibandakanya ukuqhuba ngesipinki isikhephe sethu esikwiikhilogram ezingama-30 000 kwisithuba esincinanana size sibambe iintambo ezisisigxina okanye iintambo ezigqunywe ngeqhubu. Saqala ukuziva sincinci njengabantu bephenyane. Ngaba sinokuhlala kwi- ISeneca ? Ndazibuza ngokuvakalayo ngenye intsasa. Akunakulindeleka ukuba, umfazi wam ubambe ixesha.

Ngentsasa yethu yesithathu, sabuyela empuma saya eFairport, idolophu yomjelo obaluleke kakhulu esathi saxhuma ukuphuma kwethu. Sibambe indawo enelanga kwipatiyo yeLulu Taqueria kunye neBar yePacifico kunye nemargarita njengama-kayaker ahamba phambili. Sihlolisise iivenkile zezipho ezinje ngeSitrato esikhulu iMercantile kwaye samangaliswa ziipasta ezingenisiweyo, iminquma, inyama, kunye namasi eLombardi & apos; Gourmet Imports & Specialties. Emva kweenyanga singenzi nto konke konke, sonwabile kukuzonwabisa okuhamba nje kwizitrato ezintsha kunye nokubona izinto ezintsha.

Ngolo rhatya, saya kwesinye isikhephe esibomvu-noluhlaza simiswe kwindawo ekuthiwa yi-Bushnell & apos; Besibopha imigca yethu xa umntu wasemzini ebotshelelwe kwaye, ngemaski yakhe, eqala ukusixelela ngokhetho olukhulu lwe-cider kwivenkile esecaleni.

UDiane Baker kunye nomyeni wakhe, uMarko, njengathi, bebekwi-canal iintsuku ezimbalwa, utshilo. Nabo ke, bacinge ukuba olu hambo luza kuba sisixhobo esifanelekileyo kwiinyanga ezixineneyo ekhaya kwisiXeko saseNew York. Kubo, bekuncinci malunga nokuhamba ngesikhephe kunokujonga ubungakanani belizwe abangazange balithathe njengelifanele iholide.

Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa kamva, sibuyele emhlabeni, saqubisana noDiane kunye noMark kwindawo ehamba phambili yeCascadilla Gorge eIthaca. Nangona thina & apos; sidibene nje ngokufutshane, kwavakala ngathi kukuhlangana kwakhona nabahlobo bakudala. Kuyamangalisa into enokwenzeka xa uthatha umzuzwana kwaye ucothe isantya.

Indlela yokuCwangcisa uhambo lweCanal

IiNdawo ze-Erie Canal (uhambo oluvela kwi- $ 1,950) ubonelela ngeetshathi zeentsuku ezintathu, ezine, kunye neentsuku ezisixhenxe ezivela eMakedoni. Iinqanawa ziza zixutywe ngokupheleleyo kwaye zixhotyiswe ngelineni, izixhobo zekhitshi kunye namanzi. Kukho & ijika lokufunda lokuvavanya iinqanawa, kodwa nabaphangi bomhlaba banokuyifumana ngokukhawuleza.

Incwadi nge IAtlas Obscura ngeenzuzo ezininzi, kunye ne-concierge onokwenza ukubhuka kwevenkile kunye nokubonelela ngeengcebiso ezithile zokubona indawo. Iikota ziqala malunga nemini kwaye ziphele kwangoko ngosuku lokugqibela, ke kungcono kwaye ukubhengeza uhambo ngenqanawa ngokuhlala ehotele.

Malunga nemizuzu engama-30 ukusuka eMacedon, entsha Kwindlu yeChibi kwiCanandaigua (kabini ukusuka kwi- $ 265) Yipropathi yendlela yokubhenela enezinto ezothusayo, zangaphakathi eziphefumlelweyo ezikhuliswe yiStudio Tack. Iyure kude, i Iindawo zeAurora (kabini ukusuka kwi-440 yeedola) yingqokelela yezakhiwo zembali, zonke zibuyiselwe kakuhle kwaye zizaliswe zi-quirky kodwa zinencasa yokuhombisa. I-spa entsha ye-15,000-square-foot yavulwa ngoJuni.

Inguqulelo yeli bali yavela okokuqala kuJuni ka-2021 Ukuhamba + Ukuzonwabisa phantsi komxholo Kwindawo yakho . IAtlas Obscura kunye ne-Erie Canal Adventures zibonelela ngenkxaso yokuxelwa kweli bali.