Simusowa kuti mupite kutali kuti muwone ziwombankhanga zazikulu zazikulu za dzikoli. Ingoyenda kumpoto kuchokera ku St. Louis kupita ku Great River Road ndikupita ku Alton ndi Grafton, Illinois. Chaka chilichonse, ziwombankhanga zikwi zambiri zimasamukira kuderali. Amabwera nsomba zomwe zimapezeka m'madzi ozizira a Mississippi ndi Illinois Rivers. Mbalame zimayamba kufika kumapeto kwa December ndipo zimatha mpaka March, kotero pali nthawi yochuluka yochitira khungu kakang'ono kuyang'ana. M'munsimu muli ena mwa malo abwino kwambiri kuti muwone mphungu mu dera la St. Louis.
01 ya 06
Alton Visitor Center
Choyamba choyimira kuti mudziwe zambiri za kuwoneka kwa mphungu chiyenera kukhala Alton Visitor Center. Malo apakati akukumana ndi Goloti komwe mungayang'ane pafupi ndi chiwombankhanga kuchokera ku World Bird Sanctuary. Mukhozanso kulembetsa maulendo oyendetsa ndege kapena kutenga khungu la mphungu kuti liziyang'ana nokha. Malo oyendera alendo ali pa 200 Piasa Street ku Alton.
02 a 06
Mtsinje wa Brussels
Malo omwe ali pafupi ndi Ferry Brussels amachititsa mphungu zambiri zowonongeka m'nyengo yozizira, koma kukwera ngalawa ndizochitika zomwe siziyenera kusowa. Mtsinje waulere uli pamtunda wa Great River, mtunda umodzi kumadzulo kwa Grafton ndi makilomita anayi kummawa kwa Pere Marquette State Park. Amadutsa Mtsinje wa Illinois tsiku lililonse (nyengo ikuloleza). Ingoyendetsa basi galimoto yanu ndi kulola ngalawa zawombole zichite ntchito yawo. Ulendo wopitirira mtsinje umangotenga mphindi zingapo, koma uyenera kuyembekezera kuti ukafike pa nthawi zovuta. Akatswiri oteteza zachilengedwe amanena kuti nthawi zambiri mumawona mphungu kuzungulira Brussels ndi zitsamba zina chifukwa zimatunga madzi ndikubweretsa nsomba pamwamba pa mphungu kuti idye.
03 a 06
Mitsinje iwiri Pachilumba cha Zinyama Zotchire
Mukadutsa mtsinje wa Illinois ku Brussels Ferry, yendani makilomita angapo kumadzulo kupita ku khomo la Mitsinje iwiri ya National Wildlife Refuge. Malo okwana 8,500-acre ndi malo a mphungu zakutchire ndi mbalame zina zosamuka, zamoyo zowonongeka ndi nsomba zosamuka. Malo osungirako alendo ali ndi malo owonetsera omwe ali ndi mabwalo aatali aatali, kapena abweretse mabinoculars anu ndipo amayenda pamtunda wa Gilbert Lake Hiking Trail kuti akawone mphungu.
04 ya 06
Melvin Price Locks ndi Dam
Ntchito yaikulu ya Melvin Price Locks ndi Damu ndikuteteza mipiringidzo kumtsinje wa Mississippi, komanso imakhalanso mbali ya Great River Birding Trail ya Audubon Society. Ndili kumwera kwa Bridge Clark pafupi ndi Alton. Mukamachezera, pitani ku National Great Rivers Museum pafupi. Nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale imakhala ndi zonse zomwe mungafune kudziwa za Mtsinje wa Mississippi komanso zotsatira zake m'dera la St. Louis. Kumalo osungiramo zinthu zakale, mungathe kulembetsanso maulendo aulere otsekemera ndi dambo kapena kupita ku zochitika zapadera zachinyamata m'nyengo yozizira.
05 ya 06
Pere Marquette State Park
Pere Marquette, malo akuluakulu a boma ku Illinois, ili kumadzulo kwa Grafton ku Jersey County. Mukhoza kuyendayenda pa mahekitala 8,000 pofufuza mphungu kapena kulumikizana ndi maulendo oyendetsedwa. Maulendo aulere amayamba nthawi ya 8:30 m'mawa pa malo omwe alendo amafika. Ndikofunika kusungitsiratu. Mukakonzeka kulowa m'nyumba, imani ndi malo oyendetsa alendo ku Pere Marquette Lodge ndi kudziwotha kutsogolo kwa moto waukulu. Malo ogona ndi malo abwino oti mukhale ngati mukufuna kutembenuza tsiku lanu la mphungu kuyang'ana kumapeto kwa mlungu.
06 ya 06
Confluence Tower
The Confluence Tower kumwera kwa Alton m'tauni yaing'ono ya Hartford, Illinois. Koma malo ake pamsonkhano wa Mitsinje ya Missouri ndi Mississippi imapangitsa malo abwino kuti aone ziwombankhanga. Nsanjayi ili ndi mapulaneti pa 50, 100 ndi 150 mamita kuti muwonetsetse bwinobwino mtsinje wonsewu. Musaiwale kubweretsa ma binoculars kuti muwone bwino. Ali pa nsanja, mukhoza kuphunzira mbiri ya Lewis & Clark Expedition. Kuloledwa ndi $ 6 kwa akuluakulu ndi $ 4 kwa ana.