I-Tuolumne Meadows mhlawumbe iyimfihlakalo egcinwe kakhulu yeYosemite Valley, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi igqamile ngesayizi nokuthandwa yisigodi esidumile esiseduze. Eqinisweni, izivakashi eziningi zeJosemite zichitha isikhathi sabo sonke esiGodini futhi zingalokothi zifike eTuolumne Meadows,
Kodwa-ke, ngenkathi usendaweni ye-Yosemite, iTuolumne Meadows nakanjani uhambo olufanele ukuthatha umgwaqo omkhulu oya emgwaqeni ophakeme ongama-8,575-foot, e-sub-alpine meadow.
Uma usulapha, uzokhatheka ngobuhle bezintaba zegranite nendlu, ngakho maduzane uzothi, "Yosemite, ngubani?"
Thatha umgwaqo ongenakuhamba ukusuka eJosemite kuya emadolobheni ukuze uhlangane nohlangothi oluhlukile epaki kazwelonke. Thola umqondo wokuthi yini ongayilindela, izinto ongayenza, indlela ongaya kuyo, nokuthi ungaphi eduze neTuolumne Meadows nale ncwajana.
Uphi i-Tuolumne Meadows?
Okokuqala, uma uzibuza ukuthi ungakusho kanjani ukuthi nganginjani, kuthiwa u-two-ol-um-knee.
I-Tuolumne Meadows empeleni isiseduze neTigaga Pass kunase-Yosemite Valley. Kungumqhubi kaJosemite wokuhamba ngezinyawo, kanye noJohn Muir nasePacific Crest Trails edlula eduze. Ngisho noma ungafuni ukuhamba noma ukuhlala ubusuku bonke, kulula ukuhamba ngosuku ukuya eTuolumne Meadows ukusuka e-Yosemite Valley. Kuyinto elula yokwenza uhambo lwakho lapho uhlela uhambo lwakho lokuthutha ku-Yosemite Valley .
Uma uhlela uhambo lwakho, gcina isikhathi sonyaka engqondweni.
I-Tuolumne Meadows iyimboni ehlobo - umgwaqo uvalwa ebusika ngenxa yeqhwa. Uzothola ulwazi oluningi mayelana nokuvalwa komgwaqo lapha futhi mayelana nePioga Pass lapha.
Imibukiso ye-Tuolumne Meadows
Misa esikhungweni sehambeli saseTuolumne Meadows ukuthola ulwazi oluthe xaxa mayelana nendawo kanye nezinto ozozenza eTuolumne Meadows.
Ivulekile ehlobo kuphela, okukunika ithuba lokungathokozi nje kuphela i-Yosemite Valley ngosuku olucacile lwe-California, kodwa ungayibona kusuka kwenye indawo yokubuka kusuka ku-Tuolumne Meadows. Lapho ukhona, qiniseka ukuthi uhlola lezi zinto eduze ne-Tuolumne Meadows:
- I-Olmstead Point: Amakhilomitha ambalwa entshonalanga, yindawo okuyohamba ngayo ukujabulela enye yezindawo ezinhle kakhulu ze-Yosemite noma kuphi.
- I-Lakeaya i-Tenaya: Ichibi elihle elincane eduze nomgwaqo ngamakhilomitha ambalwa ngaphambi kokuba ufike eTuolumne Meadows.
- Izidakamizwa ze-Soda: Uma ufushane ngesikhathi noma amandla, zama umzila wamamitha ama-Soda Springs, okuthiwa ngamanzi awo angokwemvelo.
- Izintaba: Ezinye zezindiza eTuolumne Meadows zifushane futhi zilula. Thola okunye ongathanda ukuzama ngalolu hlu.
Indawo yokuhlala yaseTuolumne Meadows
Uma ufuna ukuthatha izinto ezingaphezu kosuku, iTuolumne Meadows Lodge inikeza amakhamishi angu-69, ngalinye likhulu ngokwanele labane futhi lihlonyelwe imibhede nama-linens. Yilungiselele okuhlangenwe nakho okudala: akukho ugesi eTuolumne Meadows Lodge, kodwa kunikezwa amakhandlela kanye nesitofu esishisayo. Abavakashi babelana ngamanzi okugeza kanye nezindawo zokuphumula. Uma ufuna indawo ezokuphoqelela ukuba ususe ebhokisini lakho lokungenayo futhi wenze izingane zakho zibuke phezulu emafonini awo, lawa makilasi ajwayelekile angase abe yindawo yakho nomndeni wakho.
Uzothola indawo yokulala eTuolumne Meadows. Uma usengozini yokugula, kufanele wazi ukuthi iTuolumne Meadows ingenye yezindawo eziphakeme kakhulu epaki, mhlawumbe efanelwe ukuvakashelwa okusheshayo kunokuba uhlale ubusuku bonke uma ungaguquguquki endaweni yokuphakama. Uma uncike ekuhambeni kohambo oluvela kuJosemite, cabanga ngalezi zindlela ongakhetha kuzo zokuhlala .
Ukufinyelela e-Tuolumne Meadows
Uma ushayela ku-Yosemite Valley, thatha i-CA Hwy 120 entshonalanga kuya eTuolumne Meadows. Ungabona ukuthi ikuphi imephu ye-Yosemite.
Ehlobo, ungathatha ibhasi le-shuttle ukuya eTuolumne Meadows kusukela e-Valley noma usebenzise ibhasi le-YARTS Highway 120. Bobabili bakhokha imali encane. Ibhasi lokuhamba ngehhala ligijima endaweni yeTuolumne Meadows phakathi nenkathi ematasa. Ebusika, ukuphela kokufinyelela kuTuolumne Meadows kungenxa yezinhlanzi noma kwi-skis yonkana.