Arizona ndi malo ena okongola kwambiri omwe amadziwika kuti Painted Desert. Malo aakuluwa a zilumba zamitundu yosiyanasiyana amakhala pamtunda wa makilomita oposa 160 ndipo amadutsa m'malo ochititsa chidwi, kuphatikizapo Grand Canyon National Park ndi Wupatki National Monument. Ndipo pakati pa chipululu chowonekera ichi muli chuma chobisika chomwe chikuwonetsera malo okhalapo zaka 200 miliyoni.
Petrified Forest National Park akukhala chitsanzo cha mbiri yathu, akuwonetsa dziko lalikulu kwambiri la mitengo yamtengo wapatali yamtengo wapatali.
Kukayendera ndikutembenuka kumka kudziko lomwe liri losiyana kwambiri ndi lomwe tikudziwa.
Mbiri
Zaka 13,000 za mbiri ya anthu zimapezeka ku Petrified Forest. Kuchokera kumbuyo kwa makolo kumalo osungirako anthu okhudzana ndi anthu osokoneza bongo, anthu ambiri asiya pakiyi.
Anthu akale sakanamvetsetsa kuti nkhuni zozunzirako pozungulira zinali zowonongeka, ndipo mmalo mwake zinali ndi zikhulupiriro zawo. A Navajo ankakhulupirira kuti mitengoyi inali mafupa a Yietso, chilombo chachikulu chimene makolo awo anapha. Paiute ankakhulupirira kuti nkhunizo zinali miyala ya Shinuav, mulungu wawo wamkokomo. Komabe, zidutswa zazikulu za nkhuni zonyansa zimagawanika zikuwululira nthawi yowoneka bwino. Alendo angayang'anitsitsane ndi quartz yomwe imalowa m'malo ambiri a matabwa pafupifupi zaka 200 miliyoni zapitazo.
Pakiyi imakhalanso ndi zinthu zambirimbiri, kuphatikizapo miyala yamtengo wapatali, masamba, ndi mbiya.
Zimakhulupirira kuti malo akale kwambiri okhala malo angakhale atagwira ntchito pasanafike AD 500. Kukaona malowa kuli ngati kuyendera mbiri yathu; Kuchokera ku petroglyphs kwa anthu achibadwidwe a makolo ku Paint Desert Inn yomangidwa ndi Civil Civil Conservation Corps.
Nthawi Yowendera
Iyi ndi paki imodzi ya dziko yomwe ikhoza kuyendera nthawi iliyonse ya chaka.
Mvula yamkuntho ya chilimwe imalimbikitsa kukongola kwa malo pomwe nyengo yozizira ya kugwa imakopa makamu ambiri. Zima ndizonso zokongola kwambiri, zophimba pepala lachipululu ndi chisanu chowala. Masika amakhalanso nthawi yabwino kuona chipululu chili pachimake, ngakhale kukumbukira izo zimakhala ngati mphepo.
Kufika Kumeneko
Kupititsa ku paki ndi yabwino kwambiri, mutaganizira kuti mukhoza kuyendera Park Canyon National Park , njira yodziwika bwino ya 66 , ndi zinthu zina zomwe zimakhudza I-40. Mukayenda kuchokera ku Westbound I-40, tengani kuchoka 311. Mukhoza kuyendetsa makilomita 28 kudutsa paki ndikugwirizanitsa Highway 180. Anthu oyenda kuchokera ku Eastbound I-40 ayenera kuchoka ku 285 kupita ku Holbrook ndikutenga Highway 180 South kupita ku park Polowera.
Njira ina ikutenga I-17 North ndi 4-East, kudutsa Flagstaff, AZ. Ndege zapafupi kwambiri ziri ku Phoenix, AZ ndi Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Paka National Park amapitanso angagwiritsidwe ntchito kuti asalowe misonkho, mwinamwake madalaivala onse ndi omwe akuyenda phazi adzapatsidwa ndalama zosiyana.
Zochitika Zazikulu
Msewu wa park ukuyenda makilomita 28 ndipo alendo ayenera kukonzekera theka lakapanda ngati palibe tsiku lonse kuti ayende paki. Petrified Forest imapereka mpata wokhala ndi galimoto yokongola ndi mipata yotuluka ndi kufufuza ndi phazi.
Nazi zina mwazimenezi:
- Rainbow Forest Museum: Ili mkatikati mwa nkhalango ya Rainbow - chimodzi mwa zikuluzikulu zinayi zamagetsi.
- Wokhulupirika Wachikale: Chipika chachikulu kwambiri cha zokwiriridwa pansi zakale chomwe kakuya kwake ndi mamita 9.5.
- Zolemba Zokha: Zambirimbiri, zomwe zimafika kutalika mamita 120.
- Agate House: Malo osungiramo zipinda zisanu ndi zitatu omwe anamangidwa ndi Apuebloans akale zaka zoposa 800 zapitazo.
- Mtsinje wa Blue Mesa: Tulukani mu galimoto ndikufufuze msewu uwu wamtunda umodzi kudutsa m'zilumba zooneka bwino.
- Pintado Point: Malo otsika kwambiri ndi osowa pa Zipululu.
- Buku la Zopalasitiki: Miyala ikuluikulu iŵiri yokhala ndi petrolyphs oposa 600.
- Painted Desert Inn: Poyamba anamangidwa ndi anthu osagwirizana ndi anthu omwe amagwiritsa ntchito malo osungirako zinthu zachilengedwe, omwe amakhala alendo tsopano ali ngati nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale komanso malo otchuka a mbiri yakale.
Malo ogona
Katemera wathangata amaloledwa m'chipululu koma popeza Petrified Forest National Park ilibe malo osungira malo, alendo ambiri amasankha kuti azikhala kunja kwa mapiriwo.
Malo oyandikana nawo amakhala ndi KOA ndi RV park ku Holbrook, yomwe ili pafupi makilomita 26 kumadzulo. Malo oyandikana nawo ali ku Holbrook, kuphatikizapo American Best Inn ndi Holbrook Comfort Inn.
Madera Otsatira Pansi Paki
Walnut Canyon National Monument: Ili ku Flagstaff, AZ malowa anali kunyumba kwa Amwenye a Sinagua. Nyumba zamakono zimapezeka poyenda ndipo mwambo wapadera umenewu uli pafupi makilomita 107 kumadzulo kwa Petrified Forest.
Chikumbutso cha Zachilengedwe cha Sunset Chinyumba Chonyumba: Komanso chili ku Flagstaff, chophimba chimenechi chimasonyeza kuphulika kwa chiphalaphala chomwe chinachitika pakati pa 1040 ndi 1100. Pakati pa misewu yambiri yomwe imatha kutuluka, alendo amatha kuona zizindikiro za zinyama, mitengo, ndi zamasamba.
Wupatki National Monument: Wupatki Pueblo ndiyo inali yaikulu kwambiri kuposa yomweyi zaka zosaposa 800 zapitazo ndipo idakhala ngati malo osonkhana a zikhalidwe zosiyanasiyana. Ili ku Flagstaff pamtsinje womwewo wa Sunset Crater National Monument.
Malo Odyera a Grand Canyon : Mbali ya Dothi la Denga, Grand Canyon ndi imodzi mwa malo otchuka kwambiri komanso osangalatsa kwambiri. Mtsinje waukulu wa makilomita 18 ndi woyenera-kuona kwa onse.
Mzinda wa El Morro National: Mabwinja awiri a makolo a Puebloan amasonyeza malemba a Amwenye a ku Colombia asanayambe ku Colombia. Ndilo lotseguka chaka chonse ndipo ili pafupi makilomita 125 kuchoka ku Petrified Forest.
Malo Osungirako Zachilengedwe a El Malpais: Malo amatanthauza "zilumba" ndipo amasonyeza mabedi a lava, mapanga a ayezi, ndi mabwinja a Puebloan. Ntchito zimaphatikizapo kukampu, kumayenda ndi kukwera pamahatchi.