Ukuhamba kwe-Overground ngenye yezindlela ezilungileyo zokubona nayiphi na ilizwe, kwaye ngelixa kunokwenzeka ukuba uhambe ukusuka e-East Coast ukuya eWest Coast kwiiyure ezimbalwa ngomoya, akukho nto ingayona yindlela okanye ilizwe bahamba. Kukho iindlela ezininzi ezahlukahlukeneyo zokwenza uhambo, kwaye nokuba uhamba ngezoshishino okanye ukuzonwabisa, ukuthatha ixesha elithile malunga nohambo kunokukwenza kube mnandi ngakumbi.
Iindwendwe zasekhaya zinexabiso elikhuphisanayo, kodwa ezi zikhethi ziza kubakho indlela ephantsi yokuhamba nayo.
Ukuwela iLizwe ngeTeyunithi
Nangona i-Amtrak ayisebenzisi inethiwekhi njengolubanzi njengoko inethiwekhi yomnatha itholakala eYurophu, kukho iindlela ezininzi zokufumana ilizwe ngeloliwe. Abo bahamba ukusuka empuma ukuya entshonalanga banokukhethwa kwendlela yokumntla kunye nelasezantsi, kunye neendlela ezimbini eziphambili, kunye neendlela ezikumantla ezisentla ezisuka eChicago, kunye nendlela eya ngasezantsi kwelizwe elidlula eNew Orleans naseHouston. Ukuhamba ngesitimela kuyindlela enhle kakhulu yokubona ilizwe, kwaye ngoxa ngokuqinisekileyo akusikho uhambo olukhawulezayo linikeza iifestile ezinkulu kulabo abafuna ukuonwabela izimvo, kunye nokukhethwa kwekhabhinethi ukuze ulale uhamba.
Ukunyuka kweentambo kwilizwe lonke
Oku kuyindlela enomdla, njengoko kuxhomekeke ngokupheleleyo kuvuyo lwabanye abahamba ngeendlela ezifanayo, kodwa ukuba ukhululekile kwaye unendlela yokumisa kwiimoto ezidlulayo, ngokuqinisekileyo kunokwenzeka ukutshitshiswa kwinqununu.
Kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba kwizinto ezininzi kuthiwa akukho mthethweni ukutshitshisa umgwaqo omkhulu kuba kuyingozi ukukhupha khona, kodwa ukuba uyayifaka kwi-ramp, akunakwenzeka ukuba ungene kuyo nayiphi na ingxaki. Esinye isilungele esihle sokutshitshisa ngokuphumelelayo kukuzama nokukhangeleka, njengoko oku kuya kwenza abantu banokukukhetha.
Uhambo lwendlela
Ukuqhuba ngenye yeendlela ezininzi zezothutho zaseMerika, njengoko abaninzi abantu beli lizwe baneemoto. Ukuqhuba ukuhamba kulo lonke ilizwe kungenziwa kwimihla embalwa ukuba uhamba ngokukhawuleza, kodwa ukuba ufumane amava epheleleyo ukuphuma emgwaqweni omkhulu kwaye uhlole ezinye iindlela zasemaphandleni. Indlela ehamba phambili yokuhamba kwendlela oya kuxhomekeka kuyo apho ufuna ukuqala nokuphela, kodwa enye yeeklasi ukuqhuba idolophu e-Chicago uze ulandele iNdlela 66 ukuya kwiCalifornia. Qinisekisa ukuba uhlala kumabhedlele omama kunye neendawo zokutya kwasekuseni kwaye uhlala rhoqo ukuze ujabulele indawo ohamba kuyo, njengoko kuya kunceda ukuba ube nolwazi olungenakulibaleka.
Ukuhamba ngeebhayisikili Kuyo yonke i-USA
Le ngenye yezona ndlela ezinomdla kakhulu ukubona ilizwe, kwaye ngelixa uhambayo yindlela engathatha ixesha elide, kunokwenzeka ukukhupha le ngqungquthela kwiminyaka embalwa nje kwiiveki ezimbalwa. Ngokuxhomekeke kwindlela oya kuthatha kunye nesantya sokuhamba ngebhayisikili, oku kuyahluka ngokukodwa, ngokukodwa njengendlela ehamba phambili ngqo kwilizwe akuyona into ebalulekileyo okanye eyona ndlela ibonakalayo. Enye into enokuyenza kukuba iTrans America Trail, ehamba ngeekhilomitha ezili-4, ihamba ukusuka kwidolophu yaseAstoria e-Oregon ukuya eYorktown eVirginia, kwaye ngokuqhelekileyo ithatha malunga neenyanga ezintathu ukugqiba.
Ukuhamba EmaMerika
Kukho abantu abambalwa abakhetha olu khetho, njengoko kuyindlela ehamba phambili yokuhamba, kwaye kuya kufuthi kuthathe ixesha elide, ukususela kwiinyanga ezine ukuya kunyaka. Nangona kunjalo, ngumngeni omkhulu kwaye unika ithuba lokukhetha ezinye iindlela ezikhangelekayo, kunye nokuwela kweRockies enye yeendlela eziza kubangela ukuba iimbuliso zigcine ixesha lokuphila.
Ngeendawo ezikhangayo, iindlela ezikulo, kunye neziganeko zembali, i-United States ngokuqinisekileyo iyindawo efanelekileyo yokuhlola.