ʻO 10 mau huakaʻi maikaʻi loa ma Kansas
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Aia kekahi kumu i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Dorothy, "ʻAʻohe wahi e like me ka home." ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻohe mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe e like me Kansas. He ākea loa kona ʻāina, inā he ʻāina pāpaʻa paha a he ʻāina ʻāwili paha; me he mea la e kikoo ana i ke ao pau ole. ʻOiai manaʻo paha kekahi ʻaʻohe hauʻoli, mahalo kekahi i ke ʻano kūlohelohe o ka mokuʻāina a me ka pilina kūʻokoʻa i ke ʻano. Aia nā ʻano like ʻole i kona ʻano like ʻole e hiki ke huikau; ʻoiai i mua o ia ʻano hāmama, aia nā hiʻohiʻona hou e like me nā ʻāina wai, nā ala wai, a me nā wahi i hana ai ke kanaka i kāna kuleana. E wehe i kēia mea pohihihi o Kansas ma ka hoʻomaka ʻana me kekahi o kēia mau mākaʻikaʻi nani - kahi ʻike āu e mihi ʻole ai:
Helu 10 – Grouse Creek
Hoʻomaka Wahi: Winfield, Kansas
Wahi hope: Silverdale, Kansas
Length: Mile 40
ʻO ke kau hoʻokele maikaʻi loa: Ka puna, ke kau a me ke kau
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Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i kahi ala o ke kuaʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika, kūpono kēia ala Grouse Creek i ka bila. ʻO nā mahiʻai me nā hale pōhaku limestone e kau ana i ka ʻāina, a hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā ʻāpana o ka lalo o ke kahawai ma o nā kula uliuli. E kū ma Dexter e kamaʻilio me nā kamaʻāina a e māʻona i kou niho ʻono ma Henry Candy, kahi e hoʻomākaukau ai lākou i nā mea ʻono i mua pono o kou mau maka.
Helu 9 - Perry Lake
Hoʻomaka Wahi: Perry, Kansas
Wahi hope: Newman, Kansas
Length: Mile 50
ʻO ke kau hoʻokele maikaʻi loa: Ka puna, ke kau a me ke kau
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ʻO kēia ala a puni ʻo Perry Lake ma ka ʻākau o Lawrence e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi o ka wai ma ke ala lāʻau ʻaʻole makani. ʻO nā hana leʻaleʻa ma ia wahi mai ka holo lio a hiki i ka ʻauʻau, a aia kekahi mau ala haʻahaʻa e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kahi kokoke. ʻO ke kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi ʻo Valley Falls kahi wahi koʻikoʻi inā ʻike wale i kona mau alanui cobbled, akā loaʻa iā ia nā hale kūʻai kūikawā kūikawā a me nā hale ʻaina me nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi.
Helu 8 - Alanui K4
Hoʻomaka Wahi: Topeka, Kansas
Wahi hope: Lacrosse, Kansas
Length: Mile 238
ʻO ke kau hoʻokele maikaʻi loa: Ka puna, ke kau a me ke kau
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E ʻike ka poʻe huakaʻi ma K4 i nā loli nui i ka ʻāina ma ke ala a ʻike i ʻelua ʻaoʻao ʻokoʻa o ka mokuʻāina. ʻO ka ʻaoʻao komohana, e hoʻomaka ana ma Topeka, ua uhi ʻia me ka ʻāina puʻu, a laila hoʻololi koke ʻia i mau pā palahalaha a hiki i ka ʻaoʻao o ka hikina. ʻAʻole nui nā keʻena kinoea ma ke ala, no laila e lawe i ka manawa kūpono i ka wā e loaʻa ai ka manawa kūpono a e hauʻoli wale i nā hiʻohiʻona maluhia e ʻā ana ma waho o kou mau pukaaniani.
Helu 7 - Loop Olate-Abilene
Hoʻomaka Wahi: Olathe, Kansas
Wahi hope: Olathe, Kansas
Length: Mile 311
ʻO ke kau hoʻokele maikaʻi loa: Pau
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He kūpono kēia huakaʻi no ka huakaʻi hopena pule me kahi noho pō ma Abilene, ʻoi aku ka nani i ka hāʻule i ka wā e loli ai nā lau, akā maikaʻi me ka nānā ʻole i ke kau. E noʻonoʻo i ka ʻai ʻana ma Bellevue's Historic Cottage House ma mua o ka hele ʻana i Fort Riley. Ua piha ʻo Abilene i nā hale mōʻaukala nani e like me ka Lebold Mansion a me ka Hale A. B. Seeley, a e kiʻi i nā kiʻi ma ka Madonna Monument ma ke alahele ma Council Grove.
Helu 6 - Alanui Scenic Tuttle Creek.
Hoʻomaka Wahi: Manhattan, Kansas
Wahi hope: Manhattan, Kansas
Length: Mile 53
ʻO ke kau hoʻokele maikaʻi loa: Ka puna, ke kau a me ke kau
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Iā ʻoe e pōʻai ai i ka loko Tuttle Creek, nui nā manaʻo o ka wai a me nā puʻu. ʻOiai ua paʻa ke alanui, e manaʻo e haumia iki kāu kaʻa ma muli o ka lepo a me nā ʻōpala e hōʻiliʻili mai ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mahiʻai kokoke. E kū ma Ohlsburg e hoʻopiha i ka wā e pono ai, e wehe i kou mau wāwae mai ke ala, a e ʻike i ke keʻena leta kaulana i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1873.
I ka manawa. 5 – Kuaaina o Kansas
Hoʻomaka Wahi: Punawai Bonner, Kansas
Wahi hope: Rollo, Kansas
Length: Mile 90
ʻO ke kau hoʻokele maikaʻi loa: Ka puna, ke kau a me ke kau
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ʻO ka hapa nui o kēia ala e hahai ana i ka muliwai ʻo Missouri, no laila i nā mahina mahana he nui nā manawa kūpono e kū ai i ka lawaiʻa a ʻauʻau paha. I kou heihei ʻana ma nā puʻu a me nā awāwa, e hauʻoli i ka mahuka mai nā kūlanakauhale a me ka hustle a pau o lākou. Inā e hoʻomaka ana ʻoe e luhi i ka noho mehameha, e hoʻomaha e hoʻāʻo i kāu laki ma kahi casino India ma ke komohana o White Cloud, a he nui nā kīʻaha home ʻo Atchison e hoʻoulu iā ʻoe no ka wāwae aʻe o kāu huakaʻi.
Helu 4 - Alanui Scenic 57.
Hoʻomaka Wahi: Junction City, Kansas
Wahi hope: Dwight, Kansas
Length: Mile 22
ʻO ke kau hoʻokele maikaʻi loa: Ka puna, ke kau a me ke kau
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ʻAʻole pono ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ma kēia alahele e hoʻopilikia i nā kaʻa a i ʻole nā alanui wili, akā e hoʻolauna ʻia lākou i nā kula ākea ʻaʻole e pau. He huakaʻi ʻāina kēia me nā hōʻailona maoli o ka moʻomeheu ʻē aʻe ma mua o nā mahiʻai liʻiliʻi a me nā pipi hele wāwae, no laila e hoʻomaopopo pono i ka piha ʻana o kāu pahu hau a hoʻopiha ʻia nā meaʻai ma mua o kou haʻalele ʻana. I ka manawa ma Dwight, e hoʻokaʻawale i ka manawa e mākaʻikaʻi i kona hale mōʻaukala a kamaʻilio me kāna poʻe aloha aloha ʻole.
Helu 3 - Wyandotte County Lake Park.
Hoʻomaka Wahi: Leavenworth, Kansas
Wahi hope: Leavenworth, Kansas
Length: Mile 8
ʻO ke kau hoʻokele maikaʻi loa: Pau
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ʻOiai he huakaʻi pōkole kēia, pono ia e noho ma luna o ka papa inoa ma muli o nā hiʻohiʻona nani loa o ka Wyandotte County Lake. Inā lawe ʻoe i kāu ʻaina awakea a me kāu mea lawaiʻa ponoʻī, hiki i kēia hele wāwae ke hana maʻalahi i kahi lā e hauʻoli ai ka ʻohana holoʻokoʻa. Hoʻopiha ʻia ke alanui wili i nā lāʻau ʻoka, nā lāʻau mokulele a me nā hickories, a ʻo ka paka ka home o ka pā pāʻani nui loa ma ia wahi.
Helu 2 – Alanui Nani o na Wai a me na holoholona hihiu.
Hoʻomaka Wahi: Hoisington, Kansas
Wahi hope: Stafford, Kansas
Length: Mile 115
ʻO ke kau hoʻokele maikaʻi loa: Ka puna, ke kau a me ke kau
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ʻAʻole i hoʻokahi ka huakaʻi hele i kēia lā, akā ʻelua o nā ʻāina wai nui loa o ka honua - Cheyenne Bottoms a me Keevera National Wildlife Refuge. Inā maloʻo nā alanui, e hoʻokaʻawale i ka manawa e ʻike i kēia mau mea kupanaha maoli a loaʻa paha iā ʻoe ka uku me nā ʻano mea make e like me ka crane ʻAmelika a i ʻole ka ʻaeto ʻōhule. E kū ma Great Bend no ka ʻai ʻana a ʻike i nā holoholona ʻē aʻe ma Brit Spo Zoo a me Predator Center, kahi manuahi ke komo.
Helu 1 - Puʻu Flint
Hoʻomaka Wahi: Manhattan, Kansas
Wahi hope: Cassoday, Kansas
Length: Mile 86
ʻO ke kau hoʻokele maikaʻi loa: Ka puna, ke kau a me ke kau
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He nani loa ka ʻāina ʻo Flint Hills o Kansas a ua ʻike ʻia e nā puʻu ʻolokaʻa, nā mauʻu mauʻu kiʻekiʻe, a me nā ʻāpana limestone. E hooki a e makaikai i ka Konza Prairie Natural Area, kekahi o na puupaa nui loa o ka tallgrass prairie ma ka honua, a me kona mau alahele e ike i na mea kanu maoli a me na holoholona hihiu. Loaʻa nā ʻano hana wai a pau ma ka Chase State Fishing Lake a me Wildlife, a ʻo kahi huakaʻi maʻalahi e lawe i ka poʻe malihini i ʻekolu wailele kahe me ka nui o nā manawa kiʻi.
