Kerrville, Texas - Fufuzani Dziko la Hill
Pakhoma la Texas Hill Country ili ndi Kerrville, anthu a ku Texas omwe ali ndi zaka 20,000 omwe amakhala ku Edwards Plateau eco-region ndipo amadziwika ndi dziko lawo lamtunda wa miyala, miyala ya mkungudza, mkungudza, ndi Guadalupe Mtsinje.
Kerrville ili pa mtunda wa makilomita 60 kuchokera ku San Antonio pa I-10 ndipo ili ndi mtunda wa makilomita 104 kuchokera ku Austin, 248 kuchokera ku Houston ndi 306 kuchokera ku Dallas, kupanga "ulendo wopita ku Hill Country" mosavuta kuchokera kumadera onse a Texas.
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Mitsinje yozizira imadutsa m'mphepete mwa mapiri a Guadalupe River Valley, komwe kumadutsa Mtsinje wa Guadalupe, womwe umadutsa m'chigwacho choyang'aniridwa ndi mapiri komanso mapiri.
Kerrville kwenikweni ali ndi mzinda wapamtunda, komwe mungathe kuyimitsa galimoto ndikufufuza mofulumira, powona zambiri mu nthawi yayifupi kwambiri. Masitolo oyambirira a HEB, omwe amadziwika bwino ku Texas, anayamba ku Kerrville. Imani kutsogolo kwa 211 Earl Garrett ndikuwonetseratu kuti Store ya Madame CC Butt inatsegulidwa mu 1916 ndi ndalama zokwana $ 50! Sankhani mapu oyendera zachikale ndipo muwone kumene Smokehouse, Arcadia Theatre, Pampell Opera House ndi Store Dept. Zisitolo zinakhazikitsidwa.
Yendani kudutsa msewu ndikulowera ku Hill Country Museum (yotsegula Wed-Sat 11: 30-3: 30), yomangidwa mu 1879 ndi akatswiri a masons ndi miyala yamtengo wapatali kuchokera ku Germany ku Capt. Charles Schreiner, katswiri wodziwika ndi wotchuka wa Kerrville.
Chodziwika ndi chipinda chokongoletsera, chopangidwa ndi matabwa khumi, ndi zipangizo za nthawi ndi zinthu za m'ma 1850 mpaka 1930. Funsani khomo lanu la "ngalande" yomwe Kapiteni ankagwiritsira ntchito kusungiramo ndalama kwa ziweto zake!
Pakhomo lotsatira, ku ofesi ya kale, ndi Kerr Arts & Cultural Center, komwe mafilimu khumi ndi asanu ndi amitundu adzipanga kukhala malo oyamba.
Zimakhala ndi kusintha mawonetsero chaka chonse, chotsindikizidwa ndi opanga mafakitale a Texas akuwonetsa kugwa kulikonse. Zochitika zalembedwa pa webusaiti ya Center.
Yendetsani kumusi ku Water Street ndikuyenda kudutsa m'mabwalo ena ... Chosankha chachikulu ndi Rivers Edge Gallery ku 832 Water St. Roxie galu "adzakulandirani", ndi zojambulajambula zamakono komanso zamakono, zojambulajambula, zojambulajambula ndi zina zambiri kukunyengererani mu kugula. Pezani chinachake chomwe mumakonda ndikulola kuti akatswiri awo apangidwe kuti akhale chuma chanu. Kuwonjezera pa pansi, bwereranso nthawi ina ku Sunrise Antique Mall, yomwe ili ndi zaka ziwiri zakubadwa zakale zomwe tsopano zimakhala ndi ogulitsa ambirimbiri akale akuwonetsa ndi kugulitsa china, glassware, mipando, zovala zaulimi, mabuku, Coca Cola, zojambulajambula, ndi zina. Rosetta wokondwa nthawi zambiri amakhala pafupi kukulandizani ndi kumvetsera nkhani zanu za "tinkakonda kukhala ndi imodzi mwa izi" monga kugula kwanu kwakukulu komwe kumapangidwira kuti mupitirize kusunga tsikulo.
Mudzakhala ndi nthawi yokwanira usanafike masana mpaka 1550 Bandera Hwy. kupita ku Museum of Western Art. Mphepete mwa njira zanu zopitilira pakhomo, kumene mumajambula zithunzi za kumadzulo ndi zazitali zamatabwa komanso nyumba yamakona ya miyala yamakono mumalo okwana 14,000, operekedwa kwa akatswiri omwe ali ndi luso la kusunga chikhalidwe cha kumayambiriro kumadzulo, Amwenye Achigwa, amuna akumapiri ndi zina.
Zithunzi za "Journey West" zidzakopera ana anu kuti akwere mu chuckwagon weniweni, akuyendayenda mu teepee weniweni, kuyang'anitsitsa mitengo ikuluikulu yodzaza ndi magalimoto ndi kuphunzira za ulendo wautali kumadzulo kuchokera pa malingaliro a mwana. Lolani osachepera ola limodzi. Izi ndithudi zidzakhala zofunikira pa ulendo wanu!
Njala? Inu tsopano muli ndi chisankho choti mupange, ndipo ndi chovuta! Malo odyera odyera ambiri mumzinda wa Kerrville, ndipo khumi ndi awiri kapena ambiri amapereka malingaliro a Mtsinje wa Guadalupe wokongola, choncho sankhani ndi kupita kumadzulo kunja kwa mzinda ku Junction Hwy. Nanga bwanji zachilengedwe za ku Northern Italy ku Rivers Edge Tuscan Grille, kuzungulira mbali zitatu ndi mawonedwe a madzi. Kapena yesetsani kunyumba cookin 'ku Lakehouse, kapena Specialty Billy Gene ku Steakhouse BG, kapena Chili kapena mwamsanga ku Starbucks?
Kuwonjezera apo pansi ndi Jazz, Louisiana Kitchen, Guadalupe River Club, kapena Café Riverstone, yomwe ili ndi zokongola monga antelope. Simungapange chosankha choipa. Zonse ndi zabwino!
Mutatha kudya chamasana muli ndi zisankho zingapo. Pitirizani kupita kumadzulo kwa Hwy 27 mpaka FM 1340 kuti mupange chithunzi chapadera kwambiri pamalo osayembekezeka .... zolemba zochititsa chidwi za Stonehenge ndi Island Easter, zinakhazikitsidwa panja. Ulendo wobwerera, lekani kale ku Ingram ndikuyang'ana m'mabwalo ndi masitolo ... Clint Orms Silversmiths ndi Engravers amasonyeza zithunzi zodabwitsa zasiliva ... .ask omwe ena otchuka makasitomala akhala - inu chidwi!
Mukufuna kuyenda pamadzulo? Yesani mtsinje wa Natureside, womwe uli ndi njira zowonongeka zomwe zikuyenda ulendo wawo mpaka ku Guadalupe. Mkulu wa mbalame ndi gulugufe akuyang'ana, malowa amaperekedwa ku zachilengedwe zachilengedwe za Hill Country ndipo ali ndi mitundu 150 ya maluwa a m'nyanja, cacti, ndi mitengo yambiri. Tengani nthawi kuti muyende mkati mwa malo achilengedwe ndikuchezerani "Martha" tarantula ndi "Lizzie" njokayo, ndipo fufuzani malo osungirako mphatso.
Mwinamwake muli ndi zodzikongoletsera zamanja? Pitani ku likulu la James Avery Craftsman, kuchoka pa I-10 kuchoka 505. Zolengedwa za akatswiri a Avery tsopano zogulitsidwa m'masitolo ogulitsa m'madera ena apamwamba m'mayiko onse. Pitani kuchipatala cholandirira ndipo penyani kanema ya mphindi 15 ikufotokoza mbiri, kenaka muwoneni amisiri kupanga zidutswa zodabwitsa. Inde, pali shopu yogulitsira ... pita kunyumba phindu!
Chofunika kwambiri pa galimotoyi ndi Camp Verde, komwe mungapeze Camp Verde General Store, makilomita 10 kummwera kwa tawuni pafupi ndi mayendedwe a Hwy 173 ndi FM 480. Kumbuyo mu 1854, ndiye Mlembi wa Nkhondo Jefferson Davis adalamula Congress kuti ikhale yoyenera ndalama chifukwa cha ntchito yogwiritsa ntchito ngamila zonyamula asilikali. Phunzirani zomwe zinachitika pakati pa 1856 ndi 1865 komanso zomwe zinadzachitika pa ngamila. Kwa zaka zoposa 150, izi zakhala zogulitsa ndi positi, choncho tengani nthawi kutumiza positi ndi kusangalala ndikufufuza zinthu zamtengo wapatali, zodzikongoletsera, t-shirts, makandulo ndi zina, ndiye mutonthozenso nokha ndi chimfine kumwa kapena ayisikilimu musanachoke mumzinda.
Pali zambiri ... golfing, tennis, Kerrville-Schreiner Park, YO Ranch wotchuka, kukwera, kuyendetsa njinga, kayendedwe kapena Kayaking ku Mtsinje wa Guadalupe, nyama zakutchire ndi kuwomba mbalame, ndi zina. Pangani izi ndi kufufuza malo ena a Hill Country monga Fredericksburg, Bandera, Boerne kapena San Antonio.
Dzifunseni nokha chifukwa chake Kerrville ali ndi chiwerengero chokwera kwambiri cha mlendo ... ndi zotsatira za anthu "kutaya mitima yawo kumapiri."
Mlandu Wachidziwitso Msonkhano wa Kerrville ndi Alendo Bureau