AmaHovern Cave: Ukuvakasha Kwezithombe ze-NY's Famous Caves

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Vakashela i-Wonderland engaphansi komhlaba eHowe Caverns

Njengoba usondela eHowe Caverns, e-Howes Cave, NY, eduze kwedolobha laseCobleskill esifundeni saseCentles-Leatherstocking eNew York State (uqhathanisa amanani asehhotela laseCobleskill), ungase umangaliswe yizinhlamvu ezinkulu ze "Howe Caverns" emhlabathini izakhiwo zesitayela saseTudor ezakha iwindi lesitikithi, i-café yonyaka kanye nesitolo sesipho.

Yini ongase ungayiqapheli ukuthi ukukhanga okungokwemvelo oye ukuvakashela akuphelelwa ngokuphelele.

Ngaphansi kwalesi sakhiwo esiyinkimbinkimbi endaweni ephakeme yezintaba kukhona umhlaba omangalisayo ongaphansi komhlaba owenziwe ngaphezu kweminyaka eyizigidi eziyisithupha. Amaqembu okuvakasha agibela i-elevator eneminyaka engu-16, enamamitha angu-156 ezinyaweni eMhlabeni futhi angena emhumeni wamanxantombala okuyiwona wonke umangala owawungowokuqala ngo-1842 lapho umlimi uLester Howe ethola ... ngosizo lwezinkabi zakhe .

U-Howe wazibuza ukuthi kungani izinkomo zakhe zingayifuni umthunzi njengezinye izinkomo. Babehlala behlala bezungeza indawo endaweni yomakhelwane wakhe, indawo lapho uphenyo lwakubonakala lubuhlungu kakhulu. Ngemva kokuzingela phakathi kwezinye izihlahla, uHowe wathola ukungena emhumeni, futhi ngoMeyi 22, 1842 yena nomakhelwane wakhe, uHenry Wetsel, bangena emaphandleni okokuqala.

Abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-14 baye bahlola izindawo zeHowe Cavern kusukela zivulekele emphakathini ngo-1929. Ngaqala ukuvakashela iHowe Caverns eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-15 eyedlule, ngakho-ke angizange ngilindele ukuthi ngizophoqelelwa okwesibili nxazonke ... kodwa nganginjalo. Kulesi sithombe sokuvakasha, ngizokubonisa ezinye zezinto ezihlukile ze-Howe Caverns futhi wabelane ngamathiphu ukukusiza ukuthi uhlele adventure yakho yangaphansi komhlaba.

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I-Mighty Stalagmite

I-stalagmite isakhiwo se-limestone somhume okhuphukela phezulu kusuka phansi. I-stalagmite kulesi sithombe, ebizwa nge-Chinese Pagoda, iyona enkulu kunayo yonke ngaphakathi kwe-Howe Caverns. Ama-Stalagmites kanye nama-stalactites, ahlala ephahleni, akhula ngesilinganiso samasentimitha angu-cubic eyodwa eminyakeni eyikhulu. Lokhu kusho ukuthi i-Chinese Pagoda, enamamitha angu-11 ubude nobubanzi obuyizingalo ezine, ineminyaka engaba ngu-500 000 ubudala.

Kwathatha uLester Howe noHenry Wetsel cishe unyaka ukuhlola izindawo ezingamaphesenti angu-half emigwaqweni yokuhamba komhlaba ngokukhanya kwendwangu yamafutha enhlanzi. NgoFebruwari ngo-1843, uHowe wanikela umakhelwane wakhe u-$ 100 wendawo, futhi wavula Umhume weHowe - umhume wesithathu wokuthengisa eMelika - ngezinkambo ezikhanyayo. Lezi zivakashi zibiza amasheyinti angu-50 ... futhi zagcina amahora ayisishiyagalombili kuya kwangu-10.

Namuhla, izinkambo zibiza cishe ama-cents angama-50, kodwa izivakashi zingabona amaHovern Caverns cishe cishe ihora nesigamu ngaphandle kokunikela nge-waders we-hip. Ukuvakasha njalo kunikelwa unyaka wonke.

Ngemuva kwesikhathi sokuguqulwa kobunikazi, ukwehla nokuvalwa, impahla yeHowe's Cave yathengwa ngabatshalizimali ngo-1927, kwathi ngo-1929, yavuleka njengamaHovern Caverns ngemuva kokwakhiwa kwe-elevator kanye nokufakwa kwezibani zomgwaqo kanye nokukhanyisa kagesi. Njengoba umhume usufinyeleleke kuzivakashi (nakuba kungenakukhubazeka), ukuvakashelwa kukhulile. Namuhla, iHowe Caverns yiyona eyesibili yokuvakasha kwemvelo eNew York State emva kweNigeria Falls. Ngo-Ephreli ka-2007, iHowe Caverns yathengwa ngamaRandi angu-3.7 wezigidi ngabanikazi bamasheya ababengumnikazi wezezimali, owamemezela izinhloso zokutshala imali engu-R2 million.

Ngo-2011, iHowe Caverns yaveza izinhlobo ezimbalwa ezikhangayo ezihlanganisa i-animatronic Lester Howe, olawula izivakashi ngendaba yokuthola kwakhe okumangalisayo, ne-Howe High Adventure, izintambo zangaphandle kanye ne-zip line course. Ngo-2012, leli paki le-adventure lakhuliswa ngokungezwa kwodonga lokukhwela edwaleni kanye ne-air jumper. I-Howe Caverns nayo yafaka iGem kanye neMining Building lapho izivakashi zingasesha amatshe, ama-fossil kanye nemicibisholo. Ngo-Juni 8, 2013, amabhola amaH2OGO aseNew York ne-Northeast aseNtshonalanga kunawo wonke ahamba phambili futhi ahamba ngokuhamba.

Konke okusha ngo-2015, i-Tour of Rock Discovery Tour yehora lesibili nengxenye ivule indlela entsha emhumeni ongathuthuki, kuhlanganise nezindawo ezingakaze zitholwe iminyaka engaphezu kwekhulu. Okunye okukhangayo okusha, iHowe Dinosaur Canyon, uye kwaxoxwa ngakho ngesayithi: Uma lakhiwa, kuzoba nama-dinosaurs e-animatronic kufaka phakathi i-Tyrannosaurus Rex enkulu.

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Okuthile Okubi

Uma uvakashela iHowe Caverns, qiniseka ukugqoka izicathulo ezihamba kahle zokuhamba ... nokuletha umcabango wakho.

Kunezinhlobonhlobo eziningi zamadwala ezihlukile emagodini, njengaleli elibizwa ngokuthi "Aba Witches ababili baseGrottoes." Ungabona yini ebombili? Umlumbi ophezulu unomphetho ogobile kanye nensipho ephikisayo. Lezi zinyane ezinamahloni ziba ngepeni eligxotshiwe lomlumbi wesibili.

Uzizwa usho kanje? Akuveli othakathi abadakayo. Ukushisa komhume kungu-52 degrees Fahrenheit unyaka wonke, ngakho-ke ungase ufune ukuletha ijaji elikhanyayo noma ijezi.

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Ukushayela uLwandle Lomuzi

Zonke izinkambo zeHowe Caverns zihlanganisa ukuhamba ngesikebhe esikebheni ngaphansi kweLwandle laseVenus elingaphansi komhlaba. Kuyinto adventure eyodwa-of-a-hlobo, ikakhulukazi lapho ufika ekupheleni kwechibi elilodwa lesishiyagalombili futhi umqondisi wakho uvala izibani.

Ingqikithi yobumnyama ... lapho ungaboni isandla sakho phambi kobuso bakho ... kuyinto ehlukile futhi ephazamisayo.

Lapho ilayishwa iqembu lokuvakasha labantu abangaba ngu-20, izikebhe, okwakufanele zihlangane ngaphakathi emhumeni, zilinganisa amathani angaphezu kwamabili nengxenye. Ukuqondisa ukuqhubela phambili nokuhambisa izikebhe ngokusebenzisa izandla zabo emadwaleni nasemaphandeni.

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I-Pipe Organ

Ukubunjwa engikuthandayo ngaphakathi kwe-Howe Caverns kuyaziwa ngokuthi i-Pipe Organ. Uma ubheka ngokucophelela, ungabona ukuthi "amapayipi" omzimba ayenziwe ama-stalagmites nama-stalactites akhule ndawonye. Isigungu sigulelwe ngendwangu yetshe lokukhanya elibonakalayo, elakhiwe njengamanzi angama-limestone awela phansi ezindongeni ze-cavern.

I-Pipe Organ iyathakazelisa ukubuka, kodwa kuyamangalisa nakakhulu ukuzwa. Ngokuxhuma kwi "ikhibhodi" ngaphansi kwedwala elingenakuqothulwa ngokusuka ekubunjweni, ungakha umsindo ovulekayo ngaphakathi kwe-Pipe Organ. Abazingeli be-souvenir besikhathi esidlule abaqeda ama-stalactites avule izimbobo zemvelo ekubunjweni okudala lo mculo womculo.

Ngendlela ... ungazami ukuthatha isikhumbuzo sakho. Uzoxwayiswa ekuqaleni kwalolu hambo oluthinta ama-formation womhume kungum-no omkhulu omkhulu. Kungenxa yokuthi ama-cave formations aqhubeka nenqubo yokukhula komvelo okuqhubekayo okungavinjelwa uma kuphazamiseka.

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Indawo Epholile Yokuthi "Ngikwenza"

Umshado wokuqala ngaphakathi emgodini weHowe wenziwa eduze komnyango wemvelo emhumeni ngo-1854 lapho indodakazi kaLester Howe, u-Elgiva, ishada noHiram Dewey.

Kusukela ngo-1929, imishado engaphezu kuka-600 yenzeke ngaphakathi kweHowe Caverns endaweni lapho kulesi sithombe, esaziwa ngokuthi i-Bridal Altar. Uma ufuna indawo epholile ukuthi "Ngiyayenza," iHowe Caverns ngokuqinisekile iyindawo engavamile yomshado.

Kuyinto futhi engabizi kakhulu kubantu abashadile kanye nezigumbini kwisabelomali. Kusukela ngo-2016, imali yokushada ngaphakathi kweHowe Caverns ingamaRandi ayi-100 kuphela kuhlanganise nokuvunyelwa umlobokazi, umkhwenyana, indoda enhle kakhulu, intombikazi nodumo kanye nabantwana bomakoti nomkhwenyana (kubantu abangaba ngu-10). Izivakashi ezengeziwe ezineminyaka engu-16 nangaphezulu zikhokha u-$ 15 kanye nentela.

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I-Heart Calcite nama-Kiss Kisses

Emishadweni, umakoti nomkhwenyana bavame ukuma enhliziyweni ye-Bridal Altar inhliziyo ebhaliwe ye-calcite eyisithupha-intshi, ekhonjisiwe kulesi sithombe sokuvala. Yagqunywa kusukela kwisiqephu esikhulu se-calcite esitholakala emfudlaneni ngaphakathi emhumeni.

Phakathi nohambo lwakho lwe-Howe Caverns, uzothola ukuthi kukhona okuncane okuhlobene nale nhliziyo eguquguqukayo, ekhanyiswa ngaphansi. Uma usebudlelwaneni, futhi bobabili bemi enhliziyweni, uzobe uhambo olude, lothando phakathi nonyaka. Uma ungasondelene futhi ume enhliziyweni, izindaba zingcono nakakhulu. Uzohlangana futhi ushade nomuntu okhethekile phakathi nonyaka.

Angizange ngime enhliziyweni, kodwa ngaqala ukumanga kabili ngisemhumeni. Umyeni wami wamanga izikhathi ezintathu. Ngikhuluma, ngokuqinisekile, "ngamabhantshi amanga." Umqondisi wethu wasitshela ekuqaleni kweHowe Caverns Adventure yethu ukuthi uma "siwanga" ngenye yamaconsi amanzi awela emagcekeni asegcekeni, sasiyoba nhlanhla usuku lonke.

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I-Winding Way

Kulesi sithombe, uzobona ukungena ku-The Winding Way, ingxenye encane, ephikisayo, yokugcina yohambo lwe-Howe Caverns. Ungakwazi ukweqa i-Winding Way uma u-claustrophobic, kodwa uzolahlekelwa ezinye izigcawu ezinhle.

Vele uqiniseke ukuthi ubuka ikhanda lakho nezinkinobho zakho. Le ndlela engamamitha angu-300 ihluka ngokuphakama kusuka ku-5 kuya kwezingu-45 ububanzi futhi ububanzi kusuka ngamasentimitha angu-18 kuya ku-5.

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Ungakhohlwa Ukubuka

Ngenkathi ucindezela futhi uhamba ngendlela yakho nge-The Winding Way, qiniseka ukuthi umise njalo kanye ngesikhathi esisodwa ukuze ubheke phezulu. Uzobona ezinye zezinto ezibonakalayo futhi ukhunjulwe ukuthi uhaqwe igumbi elingaphansi komhlaba elithatha eminyakeni eyizigidi eziyisithupha edlule.

Izindonga zamangcwaba zomhume zaqoshwa emakhulwini eminyaka ngomfula ongaphansi komhlaba. Ake ucabange ngamandla wamanzi adingekayo ukusika lezi zindawo, ushiye amaphethini aphelile futhi ahlose ukuvakasha izivakashi ubone namuhla.

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Hlela Ukuvakashelwa Kwakho Emagcekeni E-Howe

Kulesi sithombe sokugcina se-Howe Caverns, uzobona ubuciko obuhle ngaphakathi kwe-Winding Way yomhume oye wabangelwa izigidi zeminyaka yokukhukhula kwamanzi. Uma lezi zithombe zenze isithakazelo sakho ekuhleleni ukuvakashela eHowe Caverns, nansi konke okudingayo ukwazi ngaphambi kokuhamba.

Izikhombisi-ndlela: I- Howe Caverns itholakala ku-255 Discovery Drive ku-Howes Cave, eNew York. Kusuka eNew York City futhi ubeka eningizimu, landela iNewS Thruway enyakatho nasentshonalanga kuya ku-Exit 25A ye-I-88 West, bese ususa ukuphuma 22 bese ulandela izimpawu kwi-Howe Caverns. Kusuka eMontreal futhi uphawula enyakatho, landela iNorwayway (I-87) eningizimu kuya ku-Exit 1W ye-NYS Thruway (I-90) eNtshonalanga kuya ku-Exit 25A. Ukuhamba nge-I-88 West ukuya ekuphumeni kwe-22, bese ulandela izimpawu ku-Howe Caverns. Izikhombandlela ezengeziwe ziyatholakala kwiWebhu Howe Caverns Web site.

Amahora: Amapulazi eHowe avuliwe unyaka wonke. Ivalwe ku-Thanksgiving noSuku LwaKhisimusi, i-Tours ijwayele ukutholakala entwasahlobo yansuku zonke ngokuwa nokuLwesihlanu kuze kube ngeSonto ngenkathi yokuphela. Hlola amahora wamanje okusebenza ku-intanethi. I-Lantern Tours inikezwa ngokubhuka kubantu abadala kuphela (abaneminyaka engu-16 nangaphezulu) ngoLwesihlanu nangomgqibelo kusihlwa unyaka wonke. I-Flashlight Tours yomndeni inikezwa ngeSonto kusihlwa kwabahlanganyeli abaneminyaka engama-5 nangaphezulu. Ukubhuka kuyadingeka kulezi zikhetho ezimbili ezikhethekile zokuvakasha.

Amathikithi: Kusukela ngo-2016, izimali zokuvakasha zendabuko ziyi-$ 25 kubantu abadala, i-$ 22 yabadala, i-$ 21 yabafundi abaneminyaka engu-12 kuya ku-15 no-$ 13 kwabantwana abaneminyaka engama-5 kuya ku-11. Izingane ezine nangaphansi zivunyelwe mahhala. Amazinga weqembu adiliwe atholakalayo. I-Lantern ne-flashlight tours yi-$ 35. Ukupaka ngu-$ 2 (in-season kuphela).

Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe noma ukubhuka kwe-Lantern noma i-Flashlight Tour: Shayela ama-Howe Caverns ngo-518-296-8900.