I-Tuolumne Meadows mhlawumbi i-Yosemite Valley igcinwe ngokufihlakeleyo, kodwa kuphela ngenxa yokuba igqithiswe ngobukhulu kunye nokuthandwa ngumfula owaziwayo. Enyanisweni, iindwendwe ezininzi zeJosemite zichitha ixesha labo kwiNtlamfa kwaye zingalokothi zifike kwiTuolumne Meadows,
Nangona kunjalo, ngelixa uhlala kwiYosemite, i-Tuolumne Meadows ngokuqinisekileyo uhambo olufanelekile ukuthatha umgwaqo omkhulu kwi-8,575-foot-high, i-sub-alpine meadow.
Emva kokuba ulapha, uya kukhwankqiswa ubuhle bemigodi yegranite kunye nekhaya, kangangokuthi ngokukhawuleza uza kuthi, "Yosemite, ngubani?"
Thatha indlela engaphantsi-eya kwiYosemite ukuya kwiindawo zokutya ukuze ufumane uhlangothi oluhlukile kwipaki kazwelonke. Fumana ingcamango yento ongayilindela, izinto ozozenzayo, indlela oya kuyo, kunye nalapho uhlala khona kufuphi neTuolumne Meadows kunye nale khokelo.
Uphi iTuolumne Meadows?
Okokuqala, ukuba uyazibuza ukuba ungathetha njani njengokuba ndinguye, ubizwa ngokuba yi-ol-um-knee.
I-Tuolumne Meadows inene kufuphi neTigaga Pass kunokuba i-Yosemite Valley. Yinto yeYosemite ehamba phambili yokuhamba, kunye noJohn Muir kunye neCacific Crest Trails ehamba kufuphi. Nangona ungafuni ukunyuka okanye uhlale ubusuku bonke, kulula ukuhamba ngosuku ukuya eTuolumne Meadows ukusuka kwiYotemite Valley. Ukongezelela okulula ukwenza kwindlela yakho yokucwangcisa xa uceba uhambo lwakho lokuthutha e-Yosemite Valley .
Xa uceba uhambo lwakho, gcina ixesha lonyaka engqondweni.
I-Tuolumne Meadows yinto eveleleyo - indlela ivalwa ebusika ngenxa yekhephu. Uya kufumana ulwazi olungakumbi malunga nokuvalwa kwendlela apha kunye nePioga Pass apha.
Iziko zeTuolumne Meadows
Yeka kwiziko lezivakashi zeTuolumne Meadows ngolwazi olungakumbi malunga nommandla kunye nezinto zokwenza kwiTuolumne Meadows.
Kuvulekile ehlobo kuphela, okukunika ithuba lokungonwabi kuphela iYosemite Valley kwiCalifornia ngosuku olucacileyo, kodwa uyayibona kwindlela enye yokujonga kwiTuolumne Meadows. Xa ulapho, qiniseka ukuba ukhangele ezi ziqithi kufuphi neTuolumne Meadows:
- Olmstead Point: Iikhilomitha ezimbalwa eziseNtshona-ntshona, yindawo yokuya kujongela enye yezona zinto zihamba phambili zeYosemite.
- ILayaya yeLayaya: Ilitye elithandekayo elingaphandle kwendlela engamawaka ambalwa ngaphambi kokuba ufike eTuolumne Meadows.
- Iimpawu ze-Soda: Ukuba ufutshane ngexesha okanye amandla, zama umgama wee-mile kwiSoda Springs, ezibizwa ngokuba ngamanzi azo.
- Izintaba: Ezinye zezihambela zaseTuolumne Meadows zifutshane kwaye zilula. Fumana enye ongathanda ukuyisebenzisa ngaloluhlu.
Indawo yokuhlala yaseTuolumne Meadows
Ukuba ufuna ukuthabatha izinto ezingaphezu kweentsuku, iTuolumne Meadows Lodge inika iikhabhi ezingama-69, zikhulu zikhulu ngokwaneleyo kwaye zixhotywe ngamabhedi kunye neenjini. Yilungiselele amava omdala: akukho magesi kwiTuolumne Meadows Lodge, kodwa iibhokisi kunye nesitofu esitshiswayo. Ababhenkethi babelana ngemigangatho yamanzi kunye neendawo zokuhlala. Ukuba ufuna indawo eya kukunyanzela ukuba ungene kwibhokisi lakho lemilayezo engenayo kwaye wenze abantwana bakho bajonge phezulu kwiifowuni zabo, iikhabhi zeklasi zingaba yindawo yakho nentsapho yakho.
Uyakufumana kwakhona indawo yeenkampu kwiTuolumne Meadows. Ukuba unobungozi bokugula, kufanele ukwazi ukuba iTuolumne Meadows yenye yeendawo eziphambili epakini, mhlawumbi ulungele ukutyelela ngokukhawuleza kunokuba uhlale ubusuku bonke ukuba ungaguquki ukuya kwindawo ephakamileyo. Ukuba uxhomekeke ekuhambeni komhla ukusuka kuYosemite, cinga ngala ma- options okwakhiwa kweJosemite .
Ukufikelela kwiTuolumne Meadows
Ukuba uqhuba ukusuka kwiYotemite Valley, thabatha i-CA Hwy 120 entshonalanga kwiTuolumne Meadows. Uyabona ukuba ikuphi imephu yeYosemite.
Ehlobo, ungathatha ibhasi ye-shuttle ukuya kwiTuolumne Meadows esuka kwi-Valley okanye usebenzisa i-YARTS Highway 120 ibhasi. Bobabini bahlawula imali encinane. Ibhasi ye-shuttle yamahhala ihamba kwindawo yeTuolumne Meadows ngexesha lexeshana. Ebusika, ukufikelela okuphela kweTuolumne Meadows kukukhupha okanye kwi-skis.