I-Kerrville, eTexas - Thola i-Country Hill
Esigodini seTexas Hill Country siseKerrville, umphakathi ongenama-20,000 waseTexas ohlala e-Edwards Plateau eco-esifundazweni futhi uqaphele izwe lalo elinogwadule lwezintaba ze-stony, ukuhlukaniswa okubanzi, imisedari, i-cypress enhle neGuadalupe enhle Umfula.
I-Kerrville itholakala ngamamayela angu-60 eSan Antonio nge-I-10 futhi ihamba ngamamayela angu-104 ukusuka e-Austin, i-248 esuka eHouston ne-306 evela eDallas, okwenza "uhambo oluya e-Country Country" lungafinyeleleka kalula kuzo zonke izingxenye zaseTexas.
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Izikhukhula ezinamakhaza ezinyakazayo ziyadabula emaphandleni nasemagqumeni aseGuadalupe River Valley, lapho kugxila khona iMfula iGuadalupe, egijima esigodini esibhekene namagquma amahle nemifula.
I-Kerrville empeleni inedolobha elisemaphandleni, lapho ungakwazi ukupaka imoto nokuhlola ngezinyawo, ukubona okuningi ngesikhathi esifushane kakhulu. Isitolo sokuqala se-HEB, esaziwayo eTexas chain, saqala eKerrville. Hamba phambi kuka-211 u-Earl Garrett futhi ubonise ukuthi uMnyango wezitolo zikaMnu. CC Butt wavulwa ngo-1916 ngokutshalwa kwe-$ 50! Khetha ibalazwe lokuvakasha lomlando futhi ubone lapho i-Smokehouse, i-Arcadia Theater, i-Pampell Opera House ne-Schreiner Dept. Isitolo zihlala khona.
Hamba ngaphesheya komgwaqo bese ufaka i-Hill Country Museum (evuliwe ngoMashi-Sat 11: 30-3: 30), eyakhiwa ngo-1879 ngamasonti ochwepheshe kanye namatshe amatshe avela eJalimane eKapt. UCharles Schreiner, umthuthukisi ovelele futhi ovelele weKerrville.
Okuphawulekayo yi-floor parquet, eyenziwe ngamagatsha ayishumi okuqinile, nempahla yenkathi kanye nempahla yokusebenza kusukela ngo-1850 kuya ku-1930. Buza umnyango wakho mayelana "nomhubhe" uKaputeni asetshenziselwe ukugcina imali yezinkomo zakhe!
Umnyango olandelayo, e-post office yangaphambili, yi-Kerr Arts & Cultural Center, lapho amaqembu ayishumi nantathu amasiko namasiko akwenza lokhu kuyindawo yokuqala yobuciko.
Iqukethe ukushintsha imibukiso yonke unyaka, igcizelelwe yi-Texas Furniture Manufacturers Bonisa ukuwa ngalunye. Imicimbi iboniswe kuwebhusayithi ye-Centre.
Hamba uye phansi eMgwaqweni Wamanzi futhi uhambele kwezinye zezindawo zemibukiso ... okukhethwa yi-Rivers Edge Gallery ku-832 Water St. Roxie inja "izokukwamukela", futhi ubuciko obunamandla obudala obuvela entshonalanga nobuciko obufanayo, ubuciko, ukudweba, nokudweba okungaphezulu ukukukhohlisa ekuthengeni. Thola into oyithandayo bese uvumela uhlaka lwazo lwengcweti lwakwenza lube ngumcebo wakho. Eqhubeka phansi, buyela emuva esikhathini esiseSunrise Antique Mall, esinye isitezi esinezintatheli ezimbili ezindala manje esinezindlu eziningi zabathengisi be-antique abonisa nokuthengisa i-china, i-glassware, ifenisha, izingubo zokuvuna, izincwadi, i-Coca Cola memorabilia, ubuciko, nokuningi. I-Rosetta ehlabayo ivame ukukwamukela futhi ulalele izindaba zakho "sasivame ukuba nalunye lwalezi" njengoba ukuthenga kwakho okubalulekile kulungele ukushiya kosuku.
Uzoba nesikhathi ngaphambi kokudla kwasemini ukuze ufike ku-1550 i-Bandera Hwy. ukuya eMyuziyamu we-Art Art. Vula izindlela zakho ezidlulile ezingena emnyango, lapho kuqoshwe khona amabala aseNtshonalanga kanye nezakhiwo ezakhiwe nge-limestone yangaphandle, ungene emkhatsini wesigcawu esingu-14,000 sq gallery, ozinikezele ubuciko abanolwazi kulabo abanesithakazelo sokugcina isiko ngasentshonalanga, amaNdiya aseMathafeni, amadoda asezintabeni nokuningi.
Igalari yezingane "I-Journey West" izokhohlisa izingane zakho ukuba zikhuphuke zibe yi-chuckwagon yangempela, zigibele zibe yi-teepee yangempela, zibheke emagodini agcwele izimpahla zezinqola futhi ufunde ngohambo olude olusentshonalanga kusukela kumbono womfana. Vumela okungenani ihora. Lokhu ngokuqinisekile kuyoba okuphawulekayo kohambo lwakho!
Ulambile? Manje unesinqumo sokwenza, futhi kunzima! Izitolo zokudlela ezinhle zivame eKerrville, futhi okuyishumi nambili noma ngaphezulu kunikezwa ukubukwa koMfula omuhle waseGuadalupe, ngakho-ke khetha ukuthatha futhi uhambe ngasentshonalanga uphume edolobheni ku-Junction Hwy. Kuthiwani ngezinye izidalwa zaseNyakatho zase-Italy e-Rivers Edge Tuscan Grille, ezungezwe ngezinhlangothi ezintathu ngokubukwa kwamanzi. Noma zama ezinye izitolo zasekhaya zaseLakehouse, noma izici ezikhethekile zikaBilly Gene kwi-BG's Steakhouse, noma ngisho neChili noma ukuma okusheshayo e-Starbucks?
Okuqhubekayo phansi yiJazz, i-Louisiana Kitchen, i-Guadalupe River Club, noma i-rustic Café Riverstone, enezinto ezinengqondo ezifana ne-antelope ene-pecan ene-pecan. Ngeke wenze ukukhetha okubi. Konke kuhle!
Ngemuva kokudla kwasemini unezinketho ezimbalwa. Qhubeka uye phambili entshonalanga ku-Hwy 27 kuya ku-FM 1340 ye-photo op ehlukile kakhulu endaweni engalindelekile .... iziqephu ezikhangayo ze-Stonehenge ne-Easter Island, ezakhiwe ensimini evulekile. Endleleni ebuyela emuva, yeka ku-Ingram loop endala bese uhlola izitolo nezitolo ze-boutiques ... I-Clint Orms Silversmiths ne-Engravers ibonisa izimakethe ezimangalisayo zesiliva ... .ask amanye amaklayenti azo adumile - uzojabula!
Uncamela ukuhamba ngesidlo sasemini? Zama i-Riverside Nature Centre, ngezindlela ezihamba phambili ezizimele ezihamba ngendlela eya eGuadalupe. Kuhle kakhulu ukubuka izinyoni nezinyoni ze-butterfly, lesi sikhungo sinikezwe imithombo yemvelo yezwe eliseHill futhi inezinhlobo ezingu-150 zezimbali zasendle, i-cacti, nezihlahla eziningi zasendlini. Thatha isikhathi sokuhamba ngaphakathi kwesikhungo semvelo futhi uvakashele "uMarta" i-tarantula ne "Lizzie" inyoka, futhi uhlole isitolo esisekelwe ngesimo esitolo.
Mhlawumbe ungene ezandleni zobucwebe obuhle? Vakashela indlunkulu kaJakobe Avery Craftsman, ngaphandle kwe-I-10 ephuma 505. Ukudalwa kwezingcweti ze-Avery manje sekuthengiswa ezitolo ezithengisayo kwezinye zezindawo eziphezulu ezisezingeni eliphezulu kulo lonke izwe. Vakashela isikhungo sokwamukela futhi ubuke ividiyo yeminithi engu-15 echaza umlando, bese ubheka abadwebi bekhipha izicucu ezimangalisa. Yiqiniso, kukhona esitolo sokudayisa ... thatha ikhaya ingcebo!
Okufanelekile ukuhamba okusheshayo yi-Camp Verde, lapho uzothola khona i-Camp Verde General Store, ngamamayela angu-10 eningizimu edolobheni eduze nomgwaqo we-Hwy 173 no-FM 480. Emuva ngo-1854, uNobhala weMpi uJefferson Davis wabe esethuma iCongress ukuba ihambise imali ukuze kwenziwe umsebenzi wokuhlola ukusebenzisa amakamela wokuthutha ezempi. Funda ukuthi kwenzekani phakathi kuka-1856 no-1865 nokuthi kwenzekani ngamakamela. Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwengu-150, lokhu kuye kwaba yisitolo jikelele kanye neposi, ngakho-ke thatha isikhathi sokuthumela ikhadi lokuposa futhi ujabule ukuhlola izinto eziningi zesipho esikhethekile, ubucwebe, ama-t-shirts, amakhandlela nokuningi, bese uvuselela ngokwakho ngomkhuhlane uphuze noma u-ayisikhilimu ngaphambi kokuthi uphume edolobheni.
Kukhona okuningi ... i-golfing, i-tennis, i-Kerrville-Schreiner Park, i-YO Ranch eyaziwayo, ukugibela, ukuhamba ngebhayisikili, ukuhamba ngesikebhe noma i-kayaking emfuleni waseGuadalupe, izilwane zasendle kanye nokuzingelwa kwezinyoni, nokuningi. Yenza le ndawo bese uhlola ezinye izindawo ze-Hill Country ezifana noFredericksburg, Bandera, Boerne noma iSan Antonio.
Zibonele ukuthi kungani iKherrville inenani labavakashele abaphezulu kangaka ... ngumphumela wabantu ngempela "abalahlekelwa inhliziyo yabo emagqumeni."
Inkantolo Yolwazi Kerrville Convention and Visitors Bureau