I-iconic drive ukusuka eMidwest ukuya kwiNxweme
Enye yeendlela zokuhamba ngeendlela ezibonakalayo eMelika kukulandela inkambo ye-Route 66, eyayiyindlela ebalulekileyo edibanisa iChicago neLos Angeles eWest Coast. Nangona indlela engasayiyo inxalenye esemthethweni yomnatha weendlela zaseMelika, umoya woMzila we-66 uhlala, kwaye luhambo olwenziwa ngabantu abayizinkulungwane ngamnye ngonyaka. Ukuthandwa kwayo kuboniswa kukuba kukho impawu kwiindlela ezininzi ezilandelelana nendlela yokuxelela abantu ukuba zisezindleleni eziye zayingxenye yendlela yomlando 66.
Imbali Yendlela 66
Ekuqaleni kwavula ngowe-1926, umzila we-66 wawungenye yeendlela ezibaluleke kakhulu ezihamba ukusuka empuma ukuya entshonalanga ngaphesheya kweUnited States, kwaye indlela yokuqala yavela ekugqibeleni kwi "Iidiliya Zomsindo" nguJohn Steinbeck, owalandela uhambo lwabalimi abashiya phakathi nentshonalanga ukukhangela inzuzo yabo eCalifornia. Le ndlela yaba yinxalenye yenkcubeko yama pop, kwaye ibonakale kwiingoma eziliqela, iincwadi kunye nemiboniso ye-TV, kwaye yabonakala kwifilimu yasePiarar 'Cars'. Indlela leyo yachithwa ngokusemthethweni ngowe-1985 emva kokuba iindawo ezinkulu ezihamba phambili zakhiwe ukudibanisa izixeko kwindlela, kodwa ngaphezulu kweyamashumi asibhozo ekhulwini kwendlela iyaqhubeka ikhona njengenxalenye yendlela enxibelelana ngayo.
Umzila weMbali 66, uClinton, eKorea
Kukho amyuziyam ezininzi ezinokufumaneka ngasendleleni yeendlela ezidumileyo, kodwa enye yezona zinto ezinomdla kakhulu kwaye zizinzile zifumaneka kwiClinton.
Ukulandelela imbali yomzila we-66, kwaye ngokukodwa ukujonga iindlela zokungcola ezenza umendo omkhulu ngexesha leminyaka yokuqala, le nto ibonisa ukuba iMelika ikhule kwaye iphuhlise kunye neziseko zayo zokuthutha. Kwakhona kubandakanya nezinye iinkalo ezininzi zelifa leminyaka ye-1950 kunye neye-1960, kwaye linika umoya ococekileyo, kunye nokwahluleka kokwamkelwa ebomini endleleni.
Grand Canyon
Nangona kungengqongqo kumzila omdala wama-66, liyure nje elingasentla kwendlela kwaye mhlawumbi enye yezinto ezikhangayo kakhulu ezinokufakwa kwihambo. Kwabo abahamba ukusuka empumalanga ukuya entshonalanga, ukufika kwiGrand Canyon kukubonakalisa ukuba basondela kummandla osentshonalanga, kunye neendlela ezintle zokwenza i-rock panorama, ngokukodwa ngosuku olucacileyo. I-canyon idla ngokufikelela ngasenyakatho edolophini yakwaWilliam, eyayiyindawo yokugqibela endlela endala eya kuhamba ngaphaya komgwaqo omkhulu.
I-Barringer Crater
Le ndawo ikholelwa ukuba iyiminyaka engama-50 000 ubudala, kwaye yilapho i-Canyon Diablo Meteorite efika emhlabeni kwindawo yaseArizona leyo yayiya kuba yindawo evulekileyo ngethuba lelo xesha. Abavakalisi abasuka kwiNdlela 66 baya kufumana iminyuziyamu encinci ekhangayo kwimbali yesayithi kunye nendlela uDaniel Barringer ekugqibeleni eqinisekisile ngayo abantu ukuba yinyani yamatriki. Ngokuqinisekileyo yenye yezona zixhobo zokugcina i-meteorite emhlabeni jikelele, kwaye zifanele ukufumana isithuba esinesigxina sesibini ukutyelela indawo.
Joliet, Chicago
Kukho ekuqaleni kwendlela eya kubangasempumalanga ukuya entshonalanga, isithili saseJoliet eChicago sasikhaya kwelinye leembonakalo ezibalaseleyo zeNdlela 66 kwintlalo eyaziwayo, xa yayingenakufezwa yifilimu ethi 'The Blues Brothers', kunye nomdlali oyintloko obizwa ngokuba nguJoelet Jake, kunye nomntakwabo uElwood wabiza idolophu ngokukhawuleza ngaphantsi komgwaqo.
Namhlanje likhaya kwezinye izakhiwo zembali ezigcinwe ngokumangalisayo ezivela kwinqanaba le-Route 66, kwaye enye yeendawo zokumisa izithixo kubani na ogqityileyo yindlela yokuqala 'Steak & Shake', isilathisi esingumngcwabo ongeyena !