Konke malunga nePlondon yeBathoon Springs

I-Pristine-Fed-Pool Pool kwiNtliziyo yaseAustin

Xa abaninzi abantu bebuzwa ukuba baqambe izinto zabo ezizithandayo malunga ne-Austin, i-pool yeBathoon Springs ihlala iqela phezulu. I-pool ye-acre yama-tatu iyasondliwa yimithombo yamanzi engaphantsi komhlaba ehlala kwii-68 degrees Fahrenheit ngonyaka.

Idama eliseZilker Park nge-2101 iBaron Springs Road. Iyakhanga zonke iintlobo, kubandakanywa nabazali abanezingane ezincinci, izibini zentambo kunye nabafundi beekholeji.

Inomdla kumntu wonke, ngakumbi abantwana. Abantu abaninzi bazisa ukuthambisa kunye neengqungquthela, ngelixa abanye bebhukuda baphahla okanye bajikeleze kwiindawo ezingenanto. Ngalinye icala kwicala litshintshantshi, abantu abaninzi balala ngotshani kunye ne-nap okanye bafunde incwadi. Kukho indawo eninzi enezinto ezinomthunzi kunye nelanga, kodwa intaba iyancipha nakwezinye iindawo zokuzonwabisa ngokukhululekile.

Amanzi apholileyo aphezulu kakhulu ekungeneni, kodwa anike ukuvakalelwa kokuqabuleka okupheleleyo, kunye neendawo ezipakiweyo zokupaka kwenza le ndawo ibe yindawo enkulu kubantu abathanda ngaphandle. Ukufumana ingcamango engcono yento enokuyilindela, khangela le vidiyo kwi-PBS bonisa i-Daytripper.

Into enye eyaziwayo kukuba inani elikhulu le-algae liqokelela kwii-walkways ezijikeleze idama kunye nezantsi kwe-echibini, ngoko kuya kuthoba kakhulu. Nangona bengabalulekanga, izicathulo zamanzi okanye izicathulo zamanzi aziyiyo ingcinga embi. I-algae ngamanye amaxesha ihlamba emanzini.

Kuyinto encinci kodwa kungenakulimala.

Iqula lihlawula umrhumo wokungena kwaye lihlolwe ngabagcini bokuphepha, kwaye kukho amagumbi okuguqula kunye nezindlu zokuphumula ngaphandle kwendawo encinci yokutya ngaphandle. Iibhotile ze-Glass kunye notywala abavumelekanga kwindawo yamanzi. Iqula liphela kwibhodlana elincinci, kodwa nje ngaphesheya kocingo, unokuyonwabela yonke indawo engokwemvelo yemithombo yamanzi.

Le ndawo inamanzi amaninzi kunye namadwala okuhlala phezu kwayo, kwaye yindawo eyaziwayo kakhulu kubantu ukuba bazise izinja zabo ngokuzenzekelayo (izinja azivunyelwe kwindawo yangasese yolwandle). Ukuba uvakalelwa ukuba ungene emanzini apholileyo kodwa ungafuni ukuhlawula umrhumo, uya kuvuyela le nguqulelo kunye neyendalo engaphezulu yemithombo, kwaye kuya kubakho umfundi wakho.

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Ukuba ubeka ngaphakathi kweZilker Park, uza kuhlawuliswa i-$ 6 ngeveki. Ukuze ugweme le ntlawulo, paka kwindawo yokupaka igrafu ecaleni kwintsimi ye-baseball ngo-1078 uRobert E. Lee Road, kufuphi ne-intersection e-Barton Springs. Nazi iimali zokufakwa kwamanzi echibini:
Abantwana abangaphantsi kwe-11: i-$ 1
Junior (ubudala 12-17): $ 2
Umdala: $ 3
Omkhulu: $ 1

Ukuba uza kutyelela rhoqo, ungathenga ukuhamba kwehlobo, ngokunjalo. Ikhefu livaliwe livaliwe ukucoca, kwaye iiyure zedanzi zingatshintshwa ngenxa yemozulu, ngoko qiniseka ukuba ujonge ishedyuli ngaphambi kokuphuma. Qaphela ukuba inokuthi iqhutywe kakhulu ngeempelaveki ngexesha lehlobo, ukuze ufune ukuphepha ukuya phakathi kwemini ukuba awufuni ukukhuphisana nezihlwele kwiindawo zokupaka okanye amabala amanqabileyo enqeni.

2017 Iprojekthi yokuphucula i-Eliza Spring

Enye yezinto ezinzima kakhulu zokulawula u-Barton Springs uyigcina ivulelekile kubagijimi ngelixa ikhusela abagcini be-Barton Springs abasengozini abahlala kuyo kunye neenxa zonke.

Ukususela kuma-1920 ukuya kwehlobo i-2017, enye yamanzi atyalela echibini, i-Eliza Spring, yayifakwe kumbhobho. Ngoxa le nto yayikhusela ukuhamba kwamanzi, yakha indawo engaphantsi kweendawo zokuhlala. Ngo-2017, abasebenzi bawucima umbhobho waza bavula umthombo wasemfuleni umlambo ohamba ngokukhululeka ovulelekileyo emoyeni. Oku kuvumela ukuba ama-salamanders ahambe ngokukhululekileyo esuka ku-Eliza Spring ukuya echibini kwaye abuyele ngaphandle kokudada ngokusebenzisa ipayipi emnyama. Kwiindwendwe, umlambo ukhangeleka ngakumbi. Kwaye ukuba ukhangele ngokukhawuleza, usenokubona nje umyalelo wendlela yokuhamba.

Ukukhusela iMithombo

Ukugcina imithombo iphephile ekuphuculeni kule ndawo ngumzabalazo ohlala uhlala. I-Conservation Our Resources Associations ihombisa iinzame ezininzi zokuzithandela kunye neenkqubo zepolitiki ezijolise ekulondolozeni olu butyebi bendalo kwizizukulwana ezizayo.

Ehlelwe nguRobert Macias