Malo otchuka a Peabody Hotel ku Downtown Memphis sali malo abwino oti mukhalemo. Ndipanso kumudzi wina wotchuka kwambiri mumzindawo komanso zochititsa chidwi kwambiri.
Tsiku lililonse pa 11 koloko m'mawa, gulu la abulu asanu a mallard, motsogoleredwa ndi Duckmaster wamkulu, amachokera padenga la hotelo mpaka kukafika ku malo olandirira alendo. Kumeneko, chophimba chofiira chimachotsedwa ku elevator ndipo John Cousin King Philip akuyamba kusewera.
Bakha amabwera ku kasupe wa Peabody's Larby Lobby komwe amasambira mwansangamsanga tsiku lonse pamene anthu amatsuka pafupi ndi malo ogwirira alendo.
Pa 5 koloko madzulo, mwambowu umasinthidwa pamene abakha amabwerera kunyumba kwawo.
Onetsetsani kuti mwamsanga anawo apeze malo abwino pamphepete yofiira. Nthaŵi zonse malo ocherezera alendo amadzaza ndi alendo ndipo anthu am'deralo amafunanso kutenga zithunzi zochepa chabe. Chikoka chimakonda kwambiri mabanja , koma anthu akuluakulu amatsalira ku hotelo kuti aone mmene akumvera, kumalo osungiramo zakumwa m'kachipinda cholandirira alendo kapena kukwera pamwamba pazithunzi zabwino kwambiri mumzinda kuchokera padenga. , nayenso.
Duckmaster wamakono ndi Anthony Petrina; iye ndi Duckmaster yekha wachisanu kuti azigwira ntchitoyi kuyambira pamene chikhalidwe chinayamba. Kuwonjezera pa kusamalira abakha, iye amayenda maulendo ndipo amatumikira ngati kazembe ku hotelo yakale.
Mbiri
Mwambo wapadera umenewu unayamba mu 1932 pamene woyang'anira wamkulu wa hoteloyo ndi mmodzi wa mabwenzi ake osaka nyama anabwerera kuchokera ku ulendo wokafunafuna ku Arkansas. Awiriwo ankaganiza kuti zingakhale zosangalatsa kuika decoys awo abakha ku kasupe wa Grand Lobby. Ankaganiza ngati prank, koma sankadziwa kuti abakhawo adzakhala otani ndi alendo ogona.
Pasanapite nthawi yaitali, ziwalozo zinasinthidwa ndi abakha asanu a mallard.
Munali mu 1940 mlimi wina dzina lake Edward Pembroke adapempha kuti azitha kuphunzitsa abakhawo. Pembroke anali atagwira ntchito monga wotsogolera zinyama ndipo posakhalitsa anaphunzitsa abakha kuti ayende. Iye anapangidwa kukhala Peabody Duckmaster wovomerezeka ndipo anasunga mutuwo mpaka atapuma pantchito mu 1991.
Mabakha
Gulu lirilonse la abakha asanu (amodzi amodzi ndi akazi anayi) amangogwira ntchito miyezi itatu asanakwatire. Amakhaka akuleredwa ndi mlimi wamba ndipo amabwezedwa ku famuyo akamapuma pantchito.
Palibe ulendo wopita ku Memphis ukanakhala wopanda ulendo wopanda ulendo ku Peabody Ducks. Simukuyenera kukhala mlendo ku hoteloyi kuti muone abakha akuyenda. Ndipotu, alendo amalimbikitsidwa kuti abwere tsiku ndi tsiku ndikuwonetseratu zosangalatsa izi.
The Peabody Hotel
149 Union Ave.
Memphis, TN 38103
Kusinthidwa ndi Holly Whitfield, December 2017