Onani 'Grand Canyon of the Arkansas River' pamtunda
Fufuzani Colorado monga oyendetsa njerwa: mwa kuyenda pagalimoto kudutsa mapiri okongola. Msewu wa Royal Gorge Way umayendetsa anthu kudutsa mumphepete mwa Royal Gorge canyon m'mphepete mwa mtsinje wa Arkansas kuyambira mu 1879. Amayenda pamsewu wotchedwa Denver ndi Rio Grande Western Railroad.
Iyi ndi msewu wotchuka kwambiri wa njanji yotchedwa Colorado ndipo imakonda kwambiri ku Colorado Springs. Magazini a sitima amachitcha imodzi mwa sitima zapamwamba za America.
Pambuyo pa malingaliro (omwe ali okwanira, mwa iwoeni, kuonjezera ulendo uwu ku mndandanda wa chidebe chanu), sitimayi imapereka chakudya ndi kukondweretsa kukwera, monga sitima yachinsinsi yopha anthu Loweruka, tchire ta twilight ndi Sitima ya Santa Express mu nyengo yozizira. Palinso zochitika zina zapadera, monga chikondwerero cha Oktoberfest ndi brunch la Tsiku la Amayi.
Sitimayi ya Royal Gorge yokhayokha, yomwe imakhala ndi banja komanso yoyendetsedwa ndi banja, inali yoyamba ku Colorado kuti ipereke chakudya choyamba chapamwamba komanso ntchito yapamwamba. Sitikulankhula za ngolo yophweka yomwe imapereka chakudya chokwanira. Sitimayi ili ndi khitchini zisanu ndi mipiringidzo inayi. Ikudodometsa ulendo wokhazikika wothandizira wa boma.
Ulendo uwu si paki yamasewero ndipo palibe kukwera kwapakhomo (ngakhale pali paki yosangalatsa ku Royal Gorge palokha). Ulendowu ndi pafupi kusunga canyon ndi chidutswa cha Colorado mbiri.
Kumene Mungagwire Sitima
Gwiritsani ntchito Royal Gorge Route Railroad tsiku lililonse ku Canon City, Colorado, ku Santa Fe Depot, kumbali imodzi kumwera kwa Highway 50 ndi Third Street.
City Canon ili pafupi mphindi 45 kuchokera Colorado Springs ndi maola awiri kuchokera ku Denver.
Sitimayi imatha mwezi wa December.
Kumene Sitima Imayenda
Sitimayi imayendetsa m'mbali mwa canyon, yomwe ili ndi mapiri okwana 1,000-plus-foot of Royal Gorge. Utali wonse wa ulendowu ndi makilomita 24. Maulendo okongola amatha maola awiri.
Madzulo 6:30 madzulo masana ndi maola awiri ndi theka. Anthu okwera ndege amayenda kuchokera ku Canon City kupita ku Parkdale, Colorado, pansi pa mlatho wa Royal Gorge.
Zimene Mukhoza Kuwona Kuchokera pa Sitima
Phiri lokhazikitsidwa ndilopambana pa ulendo uno. Mlatho wopitirizabe (inde, ukhoza kuwoloka nthawi zina za tsiku ndi nyengo), yomangidwa mu 1879, ndi yodabwitsa. Ili mamita 955 pamwamba pa dziko lapansi. Ndilo mlatho wapamwamba kwambiri m'dzikolo komanso umodzi wa madoko akuluakulu 20 padziko lonse lapansi. Ndipotu, kale linali mlatho wapamwamba kwambiri padziko lapansi, mpaka unataya ulemu ku mlatho ku China.
Komanso, yang'anani zinyama zakutchire, monga ziwombankhanga ndi nkhosa zazikulu.
About Royal Gorge Canyon
Royal Gorge amatchedwa "Great Canyon of the Arkansas River." Pitani ku Royal Gorge ngati mumakonda malingaliro odabwitsa (ndipo ngati simukuopa zamtunda). Paki yamakono okwana maekala 360 imamangidwa kuzungulira mphiri, kumbali zonse ziwiri za mlatho wozengereza wopenga. Ngati mukufuna kufufuza mkokomo kwambiri pambuyo pa ulendo wanu wamtunda, mukhoza kuwona kudzera pamtunda wodutsa gondola kapena kukondwera ndi "skycoaster" kapena zipline.
Zimalipira ndalama zingati
Nkhope ya Royal Gorge Route Railroad imapereka makalasi asanu ndi limodzi, onse okhala ndi malipiro osiyanasiyana.
- Gulu la Ophunzira: Iyi ndiyo njira yotsika mtengo kwambiri, pa $ 49 kwa wamkulu komanso $ 44 pa mwana (zaka 3 mpaka 12). Ana osachepera 3 okwera pamaulendo a munthu wamkulu. Wophunzitsi akadali ndi malingaliro abwino kudzera m'mawindo akuluakulu, ndipo mukhoza kulamulira chakudya.
- Kalasi : Gulu la gululi ndi $ 10 ena paulendo ($ 59 pa wamkulu, $ 54 pa mwana), koma mumapeza tebulo ndi kupeza galasi. Inde, chakudya chilipo.
- Nyumba za Vista : Sankhani izi kuti muwone bwino. Vista Dome akukhala m'misasa abwino. Tikiti ndi $ 74 pa wamkulu ndi $ 69 kwa mwana.
- Choyamba Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Chakudya Choyamba Masiku amasiyana chaka chonse. Tiketi ndi $ 114 pa munthu ndipo zaka zing'onozing'ono ndi 8. Talingalirani malo odyera okongola kwambiri ku Colorado, akutumikira kuderalo chakudya chodabwitsa ndi chosekedwa, pa mawilo.
- Choyamba Chakudya Chakudya Chakumapeto: Pezani kalasi yoyamba m'kalasi ndi chakudya chamadzulo atatu. Masiku ndi masiku a sabata amasiyana. Tikiti ndi $ 124 payekha ndiyomwe, zaka zosachepera ndi 8.
- Mpando wokonda malo otere: Mukhoza kukwera mumsewu pafupi ndi injiniya. Pali mipando iwiri yokha paulendo uliwonse (ndipo amadzaza mwamsanga). Tikiti ndi $ 150 payekha. Ndili ndi zaka khumi ndi ziwiri, ngati mukupita ndi munthu wamkulu. Tikiti yachiwiri muwiri ndi $ 100.
- Sukulu ya Santa: Nyengo yozizira ya Santa Train imapereka mphunzitsi, kampu ndi dome, koma matikiti ndi otsika mtengo. Mwachitsanzo, mipando ya mphunzitsi wa Santa Train ndi $ 44 pa wamkulu komanso $ 39 pa mwana. Mitengo ikupita ndi makalasi osiyanasiyana, mpaka $ 69 pa wamkulu ndi $ 64 pa mwana wa Vista Dome. Pa Sitima ya Santa, anthu okwera ndege amapeza ma makeke omasuka ndi chokoleti yotentha.
Malangizo Kwa Sitima
Mukufuna kuyesa mowa wambiri? Mungapeze kusankha bwino kuno.
Ngati muli pa bajeti, bulirani tikiti yotsika mtengo ndipo mutenge nthawi yodutsa galimoto, yomwe imapezeka kwa aliyense, mosasamala za kalasi. Onetsetsani kuti mumabweretsa jekete chifukwa ikhoza kutentha m'nyengo yozizira. M'nyengo yozizira, dzuŵa likhoza kukhala loopsa, kotero ikani dzuwa.
Pezani koyambirira kuti muthe kupeza mpando wazenera moyang'anizana ndi mtsinje (mipando yabwino mugalimoto).
Mbiri ya Sitima
Msewu wa Royal Gorge uli ndi mbiri yosangalatsa yomwe yonse imayamba ndi migodi ya siliva m'ma 1800. Sitima zapamtunda panthawiyi zinamangidwa kuti zithetse kuwonjezereka kwa migodi m'mapiri a Colorado.
Sizinali zosavuta kudziwa momwe tingamangire njanji kudutsa mu canyon, ndi malo ake otsika kwambiri a granite.
Migawo itatha kale, njanjiyo inatsitsimutsidwa ngati sitima yapansi. Masiku ano, anthu oposa 100,000 amakumana nazo chaka chilichonse. Sitimayo yabwezeretsedwa koma imapitirizabe kuyera kwa zaka za m'ma 500. Mukhozanso kuyendetsa galimoto yowonekera kuti muwone mpweya wabwino ndi ma digiri 360.
Ponena za mlatho wa Royal Gorge, unamangidwa mu 1929 kwa $ 350,000. Lero, ndi zodabwitsa zokwana madola 25 miliyoni.