I-Kancamagus Highway: One Fearless

I-New England yeyona ndlela ininzi ye-Superb Scenic Drive, evela "kwi-Backside of New England"

I- National Scenic Road yaseNew Hampshire kunye negama eliguqula ulwimi-i-Kancamagus Highway-yiyona nto intsha ye- England eyona nto ihamba phambili. Ungayibiza ngokuthi "i-Kanc" mfutshane, njengabantu bendawo, kwaye unokwenza umonakalo onqabileyo wokuhamba ngeemoto ngokusebenzisa le ntaba yeentaba ezinqabileyo, njengamakhulu amabini abantu abavakatyelayo kunyaka ngamnye. Ngomhla ophakamileyo, izithuthi ezingaphezu kwe-4,000 zihamba ngeyona nto inxalenye yale ndlela.

Izikhokelo zokuPhathwa kweKancamagus Highway

Landela Umzila 112, iKancamagus Highway, entshonalanga ukusuka kwiConway ukuya eLincoln.

Ukuhlala Ngaphezulu? Thelekisa iirhafu kunye nokuhlaziywa kweeConway okanye iLincoln eehotele kunye neCaribbean.

I-Kancamagus Highway yeekhilomitha ezingama-34 (igama elichanekileyo elithi "kank-ah-MAU-gus", njengenyanga enyangeni ka-Agasti) lucacisa umzila wesempuma-ntshona nge 800,000-acre Ihlathi leSizwe eliMhlophe. Xa iindawo ezinamaqabunga ezihlahla ezinamaqabunga atshabalalayo echitshiweyo kwimvula yazo ehlobo, zikhanyiswa ngokubhekiselele kwisiqhelo esingaxhatshazwayo sazo zonke iziqulana zabo, okwenza le ndlela ibonakalise kakhulu kwaye ithandekayo yamagqabi. Abahamba ngee-motorcyclists bavuyisa iinguqu kwaye baphenduka njengoko umgwaqo omkhulu ukhuphukela phantse kwii-3,000 kwiiNtaba zeKancamagus. Ukuhamba ngokukhawuleza kweendlela ezibiza abantu abahambahambayo, kunye nemigodi yokubhukuda ematye, eqoshwe ukukhukuliseka, iintsapho eziqhenkcelayo zifuna ukunqandwa kwi-swelter yehlobo.

Nangona igcina idumela eliqingqiweyo phakathi kwabafunayo beendawo, i-Kancamagus Highway yindlela entsha, njengoko i-New England ihamba phambili.

Ezinye iindlela zokudala zokungena kunye neendlela zedolophu ezihlelwe kwiHlabathi leSizwe elixubene, elibekwe bucala lokulondolozwa nguRhulumente waseburhulumenteni ngo-1911, kodwa uxhulumano phakathi kweConway neLincoln aluzange lugqitywe ngo-1959. Kwahlwayelwa okokuqala, ukuvumela ukuhamba kwendlela yonyaka.

I-New Hampshire State Route 112 ibizwa ngokuba yiNtloko yeKancamagus, "Oyiyo." UKancamagus wayeyinkokeli yokugqibela ye-Penacook Confederacy, umanyano wamazwe angama-17 ase-New England ase-Indiya, eyayiqalwa nguyise kaKancamagus, i-Passaconaway, ngo-1627. UKancamagus wazama ukugcina uxolo phakathi kwabantu bakhe kunye nokuhlasela abahlali baseNgesi, kodwa imfazwe ukuchithwa kwegazi kuye kwaphoqeleka ukuba izizwe zihlakazeke, ngokuphindaphindiweyo ukuya eNorthern Hampshire naseKhanada enyakatho.

Kwisikhululo se-Saco Ranger ngasentshonalanga yeConway, unokwenza imephu kwaye uqale ukucwangcisa ukuyeka kwakho kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo ezikhethiweyo ezibonakalayo, izindawo zokuhlala, iipikiniki, iindlela zokuhamba, kunye neendawo ezidumeleyo kwi-Kanc. Ngaphandle kokuba ucwangcise ukuqhuba ngokuthe tye ngaphandle kokuyeka, uya kufuneka kwakhona ukuthenga iphapathi yokupaka. Iziko leenkcukacha zolwendwendwe lifumaneka kwiphepha langasentshonalanga yeKanc eLincoln, ukuba unokugqiba ukuqhubelela indlela ekuhambeni.

Njengoko ufaka iHlabathi leSizwe leNtaba eNtsundu, uya kuqaphela ukuba umgwaqo omkhulu ulandela umzila weMlambo i-Swift, ehlanganiswe ngamatye amakhulu amakhulu okudala inkqubo yokuthintela amanzi. Umlambo uhamba njengentaba yeentaba iyancibilika entwasahlobo, kodwa ukuhamba kwexesha kuhamba kwexesha lasehlobo.

Indawo yokuqala eyaziwayo kwindawo leyo iCovered Bridge Campground, apho uhamba khona ngaphesheya kwe-Albany Covered Bridge, eyakhelwe phezu koMfula waseSwitzerland ngo-1858 waza wabuyiselwa ngo-1970. I-campground ye-3.1-mile i-Boulder Loop Trail inikeza imibono yokuhamba emfuleni kwaye kwiNtaba ye-Chocorua ye-3,475 ukuya ngasezantsi. Indawo ephantsi kweNdawo yeZityalo eziMzantsi iindawo ezithandwayo-imozulu ixhomekeke kulabo abafuna ukutshisa ilanga emadwaleni okanye ukukhahlela ngamachibi angenanto. Yindawo enhle yokubukela abahamba emanzini bamhlophe xa umlambo uphahlazela emvula entwasahlobo.

I-cascading Upper Falls kwi-Rocky Gorge Scenic Area inikezela isandi sezendalo esichukumisayo sokubasa kwelanga. Ukubhukuda kule ndlu enqamlekileyo ayivumelekanga. I-Lovequist Loop Trail ejikeleze i-Falls Pond yindlela elula kunye neyokuzonwabisa kwimithi.

Qhubekisa ukuqhubela ngasentshonalanga kwi-Russell-Colbath Historic Site, apho uhambo lukaRussell Colbath House lunokushiya udibanise intloko yakho. Eyakhelwe ngu-Thomas Russell umqhubi wamatye-mveliso ngo-1832, ikhaya elincinci lazuza ilifa ngo-1887 ngumzukulu wakhe uRuth Priscilla kunye nomyeni wakhe uTomas Alden Colbath. Ngowe-1891, uTomas washiya indlu ngelinye ilanga, wathi uRute uza kubuya "ngethuba elincinane." Waxhoma ilanga kwifestile yonke imihla yokuhlwa-ngokulandela iminyaka engamashumi amathathu nesithoba-njengoko wayekulindele ukubuya kwakhe, kodwa akazange aphinde ambone. Emva kweminyaka emithathu emva kokufa kwakhe, awusoze wucinga ukuba ubani obonise. Nangona kunjalo, izimangalo zikaTombs Colbath zatshutshiswa kwindlu, kwaye waqalisa kwakhona iindlela zakhe zokungcakaza.

Ukunyuka okufutshane, okungenakunzima kakhulu kwe-half-mile ifunekayo ukujonga i-flume encinci kunye neengqungquthela zamanzi ahlambulukileyo awenza iSabbaday Falls, enye yee-Kanc ezithandwa kakhulu. (Ungaphuthelwa lawa amanye amaNxweme aMhlophe xa uhlala kuloo ndawo.)

Buyela emgwaqweni omkhulu, iindlebe zakho ziqala ukuqalisa njengoko uqala ukunyuka kweNtaba iKancamagus. Jonga i-Sugar Hill, i-Pemigewasset, ne-Hancock Overlook, ezo zonke zibonelela indawo yokupaka kunye nokuyiqonda indawo enobungqina obuhle. Ekuboneni kokuqala, iintaba zeentaba zibonakala zidlala i-buzz cuts, kodwa ukuqwalasela okuqhubekayo kuya kutyhila umgca wepine ocacileyo wezityalo eziqhelekileyo ezimileyo eziziqhenqileyo. I-Big Rock Campground ihlala kwikhaya elithile elidala lokubhukuda, elibizwa ngokuba yi-Bath Lady.

I-Kancamagus Highway ihla eLincoln, ikhaya leNtaba ye-Mountain yeLoon kunye neentlobo ezinokhenketho lweentsapho. Into ephawulekayo yiStot's Trading Post kunye neebhere zayo ezizithandayo. Enyanisweni, ezi zimbombo ziqeqeshwe kakuhle kwaye zondliwa kakuhle, ukuba nangona mhlawumbi zikwazi ukuzulazula "ixesha elifutshane," ungabheja ukuba bekungekho iminyaka engamashumi amane namibini ngaphambi kokuba abuyele.

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