10 ʻO nā kaʻa hoʻokele maikaʻi loa ma Texas
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ʻAʻole paʻa ʻia ka hapa nui o ka ʻāina ʻo Texas e ka mana kanaka, e lilo ia i wahi kūpono e ʻimi ai i ka nani a Mother Nature e lawe mai ai. He ʻano ʻāina like ʻole ka mokuʻāina a me nā holoholona hihiu, mai nā wao nahele maloʻo a hiki i nā ululāʻau paʻapū, a ʻo ka nui o nā ala nani o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Lone Star e lawe i nā huakaʻi ma mua o hoʻokahi i ka manawa pōkole. ʻO kēia ʻokoʻa ka mea e hoʻohauʻoli nui ai i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā alanui hope a me nā ala nui ma ʻaneʻi, a ʻo nā kūlanakauhale i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma kēia mau ʻupena paʻa a ʻaʻole hoʻi i paʻa ʻia, ua ʻano like ʻole i kā lākou mau makana. Ke hana ʻoe i kāu ʻimi ponoʻī o kēia mokuʻāina nui, e noʻonoʻo e hoʻāʻo i kekahi o kēia mau ala punahele:
#10 - Nā Maple Nalo
Hoʻomaka Wahi: Kerrville, Texas
Wahi hope: Nalo Maples, Texas
Length: Mile 52
ʻO ke kau hoʻokele maikaʻi loa: Pau
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He nani loa ke alanui ma waena o Kerrville a me Lost Maples i ka hāʻule i ka wā e loli ai nā lāʻau i ka waihoʻoluʻu, akā hiki ke hele i loko o ka makahiki. Nui nā hiʻohiʻona e hoihoi ai ka poʻe malihini. Hele mua ke ala i ke poʻo o ka muliwai ʻo Guadalupe a laila hele i kahi canyon haiki e alakaʻi ana i ka Lost Maples. Hiki i ka poʻe huakaʻi ke loaʻa ka manawa e ʻike i ka hōʻikeʻike ʻo Stonehenge II ma Hunt a i ʻole ka Cowboy Artists Museum of America ma mua o ka haʻalele ʻana iā Kerrville.
#9 - Ma hope o Dinosaur
Hoʻomaka Wahi: Cleburne, Texas
Wahi hope: Dinosaur Valley State Park, Texas.
Length: Mile 29
ʻO ke kau hoʻokele maikaʻi loa: Pau
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ʻAʻole ʻike paha ka poʻe e hahai ana i kēia ala i nā dinosaur maoli, akā hiki iā lākou ke maopopo e hele ana lākou i kahi i holo ai nā mea ikaika, ma muli o nā hōʻike mōʻalihaku i loaʻa ma nā kahua ma ke ala. I kēia lā, kaulana ka ʻāina no nā puʻu ʻōwili a me nā pua ulu lāʻau, a me nā ala hele wāwae ma ka muliwai Brazos. I ka pau ʻana o ka huakaʻi ma Dinosaur Valley State Park, hiki i ka poʻe malihini ke aʻo hou e pili ana i nā mea ola i hele i kēia ʻāina i mua o mākou a me ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa.
Helu 8 - Alanui Texas kahiko 134.
Hoʻomaka Wahi: Dangerfield State Park, Texas.
Wahi hope: Lake Caddo, Texas
Length: Mile 59
ʻO ke kau hoʻokele maikaʻi loa: Pau
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ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona mai Old Texas Highway 134 he mea kupanaha i ka makahiki āpau, akā nui ka poʻe e mahalo nui iā ia i ka wā o ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka lau i ka hāʻule. Hele ke ala ma ke kikowaena kila Lone Star akā hoʻi koke i ka nani maoli a puni me ka ʻike o Lake O'Pines a me Jefferson kaulana. Ke pau ka huakaʻi ma Caddo Lake, kono ʻia nā malihini e nānā i nā kumu lāʻau kaʻa kiʻekiʻe e laina ana i ka wai.
Helu 7 - Ka iwi kuamoo o Diabolo
Hoʻomaka Wahi: White, Texas
Wahi hope: White, Texas
Length: Mile 57
ʻO ke kau hoʻokele maikaʻi loa: Pau
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ʻOiai e hāʻawi ana kēia mākaʻikaʻi nani i nā hiʻohiʻona nani o ka Balcones Fault, ka ʻāina ʻāwili, a me ka hui ʻana o nā lāʻau ʻoka a me ka cacti, ʻo nā mea e kū maoli ai i ke ʻano o ke ʻano ʻano ʻē aʻe. Ua piha ka ʻāina i nā moʻolelo ʻuhane o nā ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, nā friars Spanish a me nā koa Confederate, a he mea pono ke noi aku i nā kamaʻāina e hoʻopuka hou i kā lākou mau ʻano kala. Pono nā huakaʻi a pau ma kēia alahele e kipa i nā hale kūʻai kahiko ma Wimberley, kahi e loaʻa ai nā ʻano waiwai āpau.
Helu 6 - Alanui Bluewater.
Hoʻomaka Wahi: Kahakai Surfside, Texas
Wahi hope: Galveston, Texas
Length: Mile 40
ʻO ke kau hoʻokele maikaʻi loa: Pau
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He pōkole paha kēia hele ʻana ma kahakai ʻo Texas, akā nui nā mea e ʻike ai. Ke nānā aku nei i nā wai nani o ke Kaiwa o Mekiko, ua hoʻohui ke one a me nā puʻu i ka hanohano haʻahaʻa o kēia ʻāina kahakai. He kūlanakauhale hoʻomaha ʻo Surfside Beach, a hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kahi haʻalulu moʻomeheu i kou hiki ʻana i Galveston i ʻoi aku ka nui o ka poʻe, akā ʻo kēlā me kēia ʻīniha o kēia huakaʻi aia kona ʻano hiʻona ponoʻī.
#5 - Ka Hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā Canyon
Hoʻomaka Wahi: Kitak, Texas
Wahi hope: Canyon, Texas
Length: Mile 126
ʻO ke kau hoʻokele maikaʻi loa: Pau
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Hiki i ka poʻe huakaʻi hele ma kēia ala ke manaʻo ua hoʻihoʻi ʻia lākou i ka wā me ka nui o nā pāpū ʻo Texas a me nā hiʻohiʻona nani. ʻO ka ʻāina kahi i noho ai ka bison, akā ʻaʻole i ʻike hou ʻia kēia mau holoholona aliʻi. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole paʻakikī ke noʻonoʻo iā lākou inā he liʻiliʻi nā hōʻailona o ke kanaka ma ke ala. He wahi maikaʻi loa ʻo Mackenzie Reservoir e hohola i kou mau wāwae a i ʻole kahi pīniki ma mua o ka hele ʻana i waho no nā hiʻohiʻona nani o Palo Duro Canyon.
#4 - Pōhaku Hoʻopunahele
Hoʻomaka WahiWahi: Llano, Texas
Wahi hope: Fredericksburg, Texas
Length: Mile 39
ʻO ke kau hoʻokele maikaʻi loa: Pau
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ʻO kēia ala ma waena o Central Texas kekahi o nā mea nani loa ma ka ʻāina, inā paha e pua nā bluecaps a ʻaʻole paha. ʻO ka home no nā ʻano minerala he nui, hele ia ma nā wahi i lilo i mecca virtual no nā ʻīlio pōhaku, akā hiki i kekahi ke mahalo i nā hiʻohiʻona mai Enchanted Rock State Natural Area a me Admiral Nimitz State Historic Park. ʻO Fredericksburg, aia ma ka hope o ke alanui, piha i ka German Old World nani a pono e ʻimi hou aku ma mua o ka hele wale ʻana.
Helu 3 – Alanui Scenic Ross Maxwell.
Hoʻomaka Wahi: Sana Helena, Texas
Wahi hope: Hoʻololi TX-118 a me TX-170
Length: Mile 43
ʻO ke kau hoʻokele maikaʻi loa: Pau
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ʻO kēia kaʻa ma Big Bend National Park, ʻoiai ʻo ka ʻāina wao nahele wale nō, hāʻawi i nā hiʻohiʻona o nā ʻano ʻāina kupaianaha a me nā holoholona hihiu. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka paka ka home o nā ʻano manu, ʻōpeʻapeʻa, a me ka cacti ma mua o nā paka ʻāina ʻē aʻe ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, no laila pono ka poʻe hoʻokalakupua e lawe i nā manawa āpau e makaʻala. No nā hiʻohiʻona nani a me nā kiʻi ʻāina, ʻo Sotol Vista, nā Mule Ears a me Santa Elena Overlooks kekahi o nā wahi maikaʻi loa.
Helu 2 - ʻāina ʻo Texas Hill
Hoʻomaka Wahi: Austin, Texas
Wahi hope: New Braunfels, Texas
Length: Mile 316
ʻO ke kau hoʻokele maikaʻi loa: Pau
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He mea maikaʻi ke kaʻa leʻaleʻa ma ka ʻāina ʻo Texas Hill i kēlā me kēia manawa o ka makahiki, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi i ka pūnāwai i ka wā e pua ai nā pua hihiu. Ke hele nei ke ala ma ka ʻāina ʻolokaʻa, e nānā ana i ka Edwards Plateau ma kahi mamao. Paipai ʻia ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e kū ma Lyndon B. Johnson State Historical Park, ka home o Texas Longhorn, a me Sauer-Beckmann Farm, kahi e ʻaʻahu ai nā unuhi ʻōlelo paka i nā lole wā i ka wā e hoʻopau ai lākou i nā hana i lawe ʻia mai ka wā i hala.
No. 1 - Ke ala o ka muliwai
Hoʻomaka Wahi: Lajitas, Texas
Wahi hope: Presidio, Texas
Length: Mile 50
ʻO ke kau hoʻokele maikaʻi loa: Pau
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ʻO El Rio del Camino, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo "River Road" no kāna mau hiʻohiʻona o Rio Grande, he ala hoʻohiwahiwa ʻaʻole e hāʻawi wale i kahi ʻike o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, akā ʻo nā ʻāina mamao loa o Mexico. Ke hele nei ke alanui ma nā wahi kiʻekiʻe me ka muliwai kaulana, e hāʻawi ana i nā manawa kiʻi he nui no ka wao nahele a me nā ʻāina canyon i hala ma ke ala. No ka poʻe wiwo ʻole e ʻimi nei e moe i ka pō ma ka hopena o ke ala i ka Presidio, ʻo ka Marfa Lights Observation Deck he mea pono e ʻike no nā kukui pohihihi e pili ana i ka hana UFO a i ʻole nā hana pūʻali koa huna.
