Ngokuphathelene nezindawo zokuhamba ze-adventure, iNingizimu Dakota ngokuqinisekile kuyigugu elinganakwa. I-Sandwiched between America's-midwest-west and the mountainous popular popular, isinikeza ukuhlanganiswa okumnandi kokubili kwalawo amasiko. Umbuso ugcwele ubungane, ukwemukela abantu abajabulayo ukwabelana ngemithombo yabo yemvelo enokunethezeka nezivakashi. Futhi ngenkathi lezo zinsiza zemvelo zingase zingaziwa njengeziLwandle zaseRyyyyd, ziyamangalisa futhi zivusa amandla ngokwabo.
Ingxenye enkulu engxenyeni esempumalanga yeSouth Dakota ifana nezindawo ezihlala emazweni angasese ezivamile kuwo wonke ama-midwest. Lokhu yingxenye yombuso owusezingeni lomfundisi, futhi ngenkathi enhle ngendlela yawo, akusho ukuthi abahambi bahambe uhambo lokuvakashela. Kodwa phethelela ekugcineni kwesentshonalanga ye-South Dakota futhi uzothola indawo ehlukile ngokuphelele. Omunye lapho amagquma agqamile angaba mnandi kakhulu futhi amathuba okuphuma ngaphandle adventure. Kukhona ngisho nezindawo lapho okungafani kakhulu kufana nomunye weplanethi, kunokuthile ongazithola lapha eMhlabeni.
I-Rapid City isebenza njengebhubhisi lapho abaningi abahamba khona bayozuza khona emasimini aseNingizimu South. Leli dolobha elinamandla futhi lanamuhla linikeza izindawo eziningi kakhulu zokuhlala nokudla, futhi lifaka izindawo eziningi ezinhle zezinhlobonhlobo ezahlukene zokuzijabulisa. Phakathi kwazo yi-Firehouse Brewery, enikeza ukudla okunomsoco ngamabhodlela amnandi kakhulu.
I-block away, i-Independent Ale House igcina ubhiya obuhlukile obunama-40 ngaso sonke isikhathi, kanti ukuphuza okusha kuhlanganiswa njalo.
Njengoba kuhle ukudla nokuphuza ku-Rapid City nokho, ngokuqinisekile uzofuna ukuya endaweni ezungezile ukuze ubone lokho okuzokwenza. Kungenzeka ukuthi, uma ungumhambi we-adventure noma abathandekayo bangaphandle, ngeke udumale.
Ngamahora angaphezu kwamakhilomitha angaphezu kwamamitha angu-400 ahamba ngezinyawo emgwaqweni we-bike ngaphakathi kwehora lesigamu yedolobha, kukhona indawo enhle yokugibela eduze. Phonsa ekufinyeleleni kwenani elingakaze lilandelwe lamanye omphakathi, futhi izivakashi zizothola inamba ehamba phambili yezindlela zokuhamba noma ukugijima, ungakhulumi izindawo ezinhle kakhulu zokuya ematendeni.
Yiqiniso, i-Black Hills yinye yezizathu ezinkulu zokuza ukuvakasha. Leli qhwa elincane lezintaba liphuma emathafeni kuze kube se-Wyoming, ehlanganisa indawo engamakhilomitha angaba ngu-125 ubude, namamitha angu-65 ububanzi. Ehlanganiswe emahlathini amahlumela, izintaba zihlanganisa ama-rock angenakubalwa, amachibi ahlanzekile, amahlathi avulekile, nezinhlanga ezincane. Lokhu kwenza kube yindawo enhle abagibeli, abagibeli, kanye nabakwa-backpackers ngokufanayo.
Indawo eyaziwa kakhulu e-Black Hills ngokungangabazeki i-Mt. Rushmore. Abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezimbili ngonyaka bavakashela isayithi ukuzobona isithombe esikhulu esihlangothini sentaba esinezikhulu ezine ezidumile zase-US. Lokho kubonakala kuGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, no-Abraham Lincoln. Ukubona lawo madoda adumile aphonswa ngamatshe kuyindawo enesabekayo, nokwakhiwa okuhambisana nezinye zezimangaliso ezinhle zomhlaba.
Ukuvimbela noma yimuphi umonakalo ongalindelekile, lezobubuso zizohlala lapho, zifakwe edwaleni, izinkulungwane zeminyaka ezayo, zibeke uMt. Rushmore ngezinga elifanayo njenge-Great Sphinx eGibhithe noma izakhiwo ezinkulu ezakhiwe kulo lonke izwe lasendulo.
Nakuba iNingizimu Dakota enkulu esentshonalanga ihlanganiswa emazweni asesidlangalaleni nasemahlathini kazwelonke, iphinde ibe yindawo eyodwa yezindawo ezivelele kunazo zonke ozozivakashela. I-Badlands National Park ihlanganisa amahektare angama-244,000, futhi iveza indawo ebonakala sengathi ungase ukwazi ukuthola enyangeni noma e-Mars. Eyigugu futhi efuna, ama-Badlands ayindawo enhle kakhulu okumelwe ibonakale ukuthi ikholwa. Amadwala aqhubekile abeka umugqa wesikhathi se-geologic ekuboniseni ngokugcwele, enezinhlobonhlobo ezigqamile zokugcizelela ukuhamba kwesikhathi ngendlela ephawulekayo.
Izintaba eziseBadlands zihlangenwe nakho okujabulisayo, okwenza abahambi bajabule ngempela. Esikhundleni sokuba indawo eyincithakalo, engenamaphilo okuthiwa igama layo, i-Badlands National Park igcwele izimbali zasendle, utshani obuluhlaza kanye nezilwane zasendle ezivelele, kufaka phakathi onogwaja abaningi abanobuciko kanye nezimpungushe ezimhlophe ezisezintabeni ezingahle zibonakale phezulu kwi-outcroppings eqoshiwe. Kodwa qaphela, isimo sezulu esifudumele, esomile senza kube ikhaya elihle le-rattlesnake, ngakho-ke qaphela isinyathelo sakho lapho uhamba khona lapho.
Esinye sezimfihlo ezigcinwe kakhulu eNingizimu Dakota yiCuster State Park, indawo ehamba phambili ehamba kahle kakhulu namapaki amaningi kazwelonke ngokuphathelene nobuhle bemvelo. Ipaki yilezi ezingaphezu kuka-1300 bison zasendle, kanye ne-elk, inyamazane nezinkomo zezintaba. Ibuye ibe nesinye sezilungiselelo ezinhle kakhulu ezingaphandle ongathola kuzo zonke izinhlobo zeSylvan Lake, ungakhulumi ngamakhulu amakhilomitha angama-square amahlathi ukuze uhlole.
Abagibeli abafuna inselelo enhle bazofuna ukunyuka phezulu kweHarney Peak, indawo ephakeme yombuso ngamamitha angu-2207. Indlela eya esiqongweni ithatha cishe amahora amabili ukuqedela, kanti ezinye izinselele zokuphakama zinqoba ukunqoba endleleni. Phezulu, izivakashi zizothola umbhoshongo wokubuka omdala owake wasetshenziselwa ukubona imililo esifundeni. Sekuyisikhathi eside sesishiywe ngalezo zinhloso, kodwa yenza indawo enhle ukuthatha indawo ezungezile, futhi ube nokudla kwaseminikiniki.
Ngayinye yalezi zilungiselelo yenza indawo ephelele hhayi nje ukugibela nokuhamba, kodwa izindawo eziningi zomphakathi nazo zivulekile ukugijima, ukuhamba ngebhayisikili, ukugibela amahhashi, nokushayela emgwaqeni ezindaweni ezine-4x4 kanye ne-ATV. Lokhu akuvumelekile emapaki kazwelonke, kodwa amanye amazwe amaningi asesidlangalaleni anikeza ukufinyelela okuningi kulabo abathanda ukuphuma ehlane, kodwa akudingeki ukuba bahambe ngalezi zindlela ukuze benze kanjalo. Izinketho zicishe zingenamkhawulo, futhi ngezizwe eziningi zomphakathi zitholakalayo, izivakashi azikho kude neparadesi yehlane, okungenzeka ukuthi ziningi kakhulu zazo.
Yiqiniso, akukho ukuvakasha eSouth Dakota kwakuzophelela ngaphandle kokulahlwa yisitolo esidumile seDold Drug Store edolobheni elincane laseWall - inani labantu abangu-818. Lebhizinisi eligijima emndenini liyaziwa izimpawu zalo zomgwaqo ezihehayo ezingatholakala ngamakhulu amamayela kuzo zonke izinkomba. Ukuxubaniswa ne-cowboy kitsch, i-Wall Drug inikeza zonke izinto ezijabulisayo emindenini, kufaka phakathi izitolo ezigcwele izinto zokuvakasha, i-jackalope ende enamamitha ayisithupha, i-T-rex elambile kakhulu ethanda ukudla yonke imizuzu engu-15, kanye ne-restaurant ukhonza up a buffalo burger mean. Abanye ngokungangabazeki bayothola indawo yokuzilimaza ngokweqile, kodwa uma uthola isiko le-Wall Drug, kunzima ukungazinaki izintelezi zayo.
Lokhu kuyisisekelo se-iceberg yalokho iNingizimu Dakota okufanele inikele. Izivakashi zizothola ezinye izinketho eziningi ukuze zihlale zijabulisa. Kusuka kokudla okuhle kuya ku-adventure yangaphandle, kukhona okukhona kuwo wonke umuntu lapho.