Hoʻopiliʻia kahi Pōʻahi Pōʻani i Golden
ʻO nā pōhaku Rockyʻo Colorado,ʻoiaʻiʻo, he mau hōʻike hōʻikeʻike o ka moku'āina. (A, hey,ʻo nā kihi maikaʻi i ka Komohana o Denver he mea hoʻokūkū wiwoʻole). Eia naʻe, aia kekahi mau wai inu nui a Colorado i ke kaheʻana o ka hau i nā mauna 'he hauʻoli kahi e hoʻomaʻalili ai i ke kauwela, i ka manawa o ka manawa e hoʻohui maʻamau me nā hōʻailona 90-degree.
ʻImi mākou i kahi o nā wahi maikaʻi loa e hoʻohaʻahaʻa iāʻoe iho i kēia kauwela.
I kā mākou hulina eʻimi i ka muliwai kūpono no ka paipuʻana, ua lawe mākou i kekahi mau mea i ka noʻonoʻo. I waena o nāʻano? Ma kahi kokoke i Denver, kahi nani e nānā ai i ka wā e holo aiʻoe, kahi lono loiloi holohola, a, heʻano, he leʻaleʻa, he huakaʻi hele.
Me nā mea a pau i noʻonoʻoʻia,ʻo ia kā mākou i hōʻea ai i Golden's Clear Creek, a he mea hoʻolimalima loa i ka wai a me keʻano oʻoleʻa. Hoʻopiliʻia a hiki i ke kumu o nā Pōhaku Pōhaku,ʻo ka Golden he emi iho i 30 mau minuke mai Denver a he mau meaʻaiʻono ka meaʻai nui loa o ke kūlanakauhale. He mea kupanaha nō hoʻi ke kūlanakauhale no nā mea e hoʻokipa ana i waho, inā paha e kū anaʻoe i ka hoe hoe waʻa e makemake ana e kūʻai i nā wai kai kūpaka no nā'ōpala a iʻoleʻoe he hololio mauna e nānā nei i nā piʻi mau.
ʻO kaʻoi aku o ka muliwai, hiki iāʻoe ke hele i ke kāhili i keʻokeʻo, me nā holo e kūpono i nā poʻe hoʻomaka i ka poʻe iʻoi aʻe.
Ma kekahi o kēlā mau huakaʻi hele nui, hiki i nā hui o nā'auwaʻa wai e hōʻike i kou mau pono a me nā mākau hoeʻana ma mua o kou hikiʻana i ka huakaʻi no ka mea,ʻo ia,ʻo ka rapids wale nō ia.
ʻO kaʻaoʻao lalo o Clear Creek e lele nei ma waena o Golden a i uhiʻia e nā lāʻau nani he mea kūpono no ka lā hoʻokahi o ka lā, a hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻonohonoho i kekahi mau mea hou i kou lā hele, me kahi picnic ma kahi kokoke i kahi kaʻa a kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa kaʻawale hoʻi. eʻimi i kēia kauhale mīkini kaulana (ʻo ia hoʻi ka home o Coors Brewing Company a me ke Kulanuiʻo Minesʻo Colorado, ke kulanui hoʻonaʻauao).
Ma mua o kou leleʻana i loko, eia kekahi mau pahuhoho kukui:
ʻAʻole kēia heʻano lana i ka muliwai naʻaupō. Eʻikeʻoe i kekahi mau mea. ʻO kēlā mau waiʻeleʻele keʻokeʻo e nānā like me nā pēpēʻole i loko o ke kahawai mai ke ala hele. Hiki iā lākou keʻoi aku ka nui o ke kūlana i ka wā e hālāwai aiʻoe me lākou i loko o ka'ōpū o loko, akā, e hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻokuʻuʻia i kāu pahu a pono paha e hana iki i kaʻauʻauʻana i ke kahawai.
E lawe i nā kāmaʻa wai. Ua hoʻoulu nuiʻia ka muliwaiʻo Clear Creek. E wehe i nā kāmaʻa e paʻa i kou mau wāwae no ka mea e paleʻoleʻia e kekahi o kona mau hiʻohiʻona. Ke hoʻomaikaʻi aku kou mau wāwae iāʻoe: I kou komoʻana i waho o ka muliwai, hiki ke hana hoʻomāinoino nā pōhaku i kou mau kuʻi koko,ʻoiai keʻano o kou mau wāwae. Eia kekahi, e hele wikiwiki anaʻoe ma waena o kāu mau puka komo a me waho i ke kaʻa, a pēlā nā kāmaʻa e hana ai no ka hoʻonuiʻana i ka hoʻomaha.
E kau i kou puʻuwai: E hilinaʻi mai iā mākou ma kēia. Ke kokokeʻoe i nā pōhaku a iʻole ka wikiwiki, e hana iki i kahi hāpai a hikiʻoleʻoe e ala aʻe i ka lā aʻe eʻoi aku kaʻeha aʻoi aʻe ma mua o ka panana i makemakeʻia e lawe mai i palaoa. E ho'āʻo e pale i nā wahi pāpaʻu kahi āu eʻike ai i nā pōhaku. Inā piliʻoe i kahi manawa pōkole, he hoaaloha kou hoa a hāʻawi aku iāʻoe i kahi pua.
E kiʻi i ka'ōmole kūpono:ʻO kekahi o kēia mauʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele mai kahi ke kinoea e hana maikaʻi loa, akā,ʻo nā pahu nui aʻoi aku ka lōʻihi me nāʻokoʻa i hoʻopaʻaʻia e hana no ka holo hauʻoli nui aʻe. hikiʻole iāʻoe ke komo i loko o ka muliwai.
E nānā i ka wikiwiki o ka holoʻana o ka muliwai: Ke nānā nei ka United States Geological Survey (aiʻole USGS) i ke kahe o ka muliwai. Hiki iāʻoe ke nānā i nā kahe o ka wai i kēia manawa. Ke holo ka muliwai i 40 mau kupa i ka 100 cfs, hiki iāʻoe ke manaʻo i kahi mellow e hoʻolālā i ka hoʻohemoʻana, e like me Whitewater Tubing. Ma waena o 100 a 500 cfs, uaʻoi aku ka māmā o ka holo a maikaʻi loa e haʻalele i ke kahawai i nā mea hoʻokele a me nā pūkoi i ka wā o ka muliwai e waena o 500 a 1,000 cfs. Hiki ke hele i kahi kūpono ināʻoi aku ka muliwai ma luna o 1,000 cfs.
ʻIke i ka wā e hele ai: Me ka hau hou i hoʻomahaʻia i ka mahina o Mei a me Iune, uaʻoluʻolu loa ka muliwai. I ka mahinaʻo Iulai, ua hoʻoulu ke kolamu i kekahi a ua nui ka manawa kūpono iʻAukake a me Kepakemapa. (ʻOiai me kekahi mau lā hauʻoli iʻOkakopa, hiki i ka pulupulu Clear Creek ke hana i ka hana kūpono maʻamau a heʻoiaʻiʻo, he ala kūikawā e paʻi i nā lau lauwili).
Eia keʻano o ka hoʻolālāʻana i kekahi lā nui o ka pahūʻana:
E hoʻopiha i ka brunch maikaʻi: E hana mua i ka Bridgewater Grill, ma ka 800'Okena St. ma Golden a aia ma loko o ka Golden Hotel, ae noi e noho ma ka pāpā, kahi eʻike aiʻoe i Clear Creek. E hoʻonuiʻoe iāʻoe iho me ka palelette Colorado i hoʻopau pinepineʻia me ka chorizo a me ka chilis keleʻele a iʻole ka'ōpala oatmeal i ke kila, i hanaʻia me nā hua hou a me kaʻaila. Hāʻawi pū lākou i kekahi Bloody Mary (a me Bloody Maria, i hanaʻia me kaquila) i mālama maikaʻiʻia, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohuli iā lākou i meaʻai.
E kūʻai aku i ka paopao: Inā he wahi ia e noho nei, e hoʻokomo i loko o ka pahu kani e kāhea iāʻoe iho a e lawe iāʻoe i nā huakaʻi huki. ʻO Bonus? He mea nui no ka luʻuʻana i ka hulu hau. Kauoha O Kekaha, 1201 Washington Ave. ma Golden, kahi kokoke i ka muliwai a kūʻai aku i kekahi mau kukuna kiʻekiʻe loa ma lalo o $ 40. E hoʻopili i nā mea hana no ka mea e hiki ai iāʻoe ke hoʻohana koke ia.
A iʻole e hoʻolimalima i kekahi: Kawai helekaʻi? Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻolimalima i kahi lāʻau pipili kokoke i Golden River Sports, 806 Washington Ave. i ke Golden a pāʻani i ka lā a pau i ka muliwai me nā kama'āina. Loaʻa nā uku kūʻai mai nā $ 23 a $ 40 i ka lā, e pili ana i ka'ōpū. Heʻuʻuku liʻiliʻi he 45-inch i hoʻomaka i $ 23 i ka lā; he 54 mau'inena aniani ka uku no $ 27 i ka lā; a me ka hui, he lua paipu e uku i $ 40 no ka lā. (Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻolimalima i ke kaʻa'auka holo kaʻa no $ 30 i ka lā). Hiki iāʻoe keʻike i nāʻike e pili ana i nā hoʻokele ma kaʻaoʻaoʻo Golden River Sports 'Facebook.
Hana i kāu holokai wahine:ʻO ke kahawaiʻo Golden's Clear Creek he mea kū i waho no nā mea wai no ke kūkuluʻana o ke kūlanakauhale i Whitewater Park kūikawā, he 800 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi a ua kūkuluʻia i nā pōhaku a māheleʻia i nā paukū e pili ana i nā pūnāwai a me nā pools. Hiki mai nā kōkō i nā nalu naluʻeleʻele, nā alamoho wikiwiki, a me nā kulu a me nā loko. He kūʻokoʻa ka papahana a 'aʻole mālama. No ka hoʻokomoʻana i ka papa, hiki iāʻoe ke pa ma ka Lions Park (kahi wahi kūpono no kahi pikiniki). Aia kahi kaʻawale kaʻawale i lalo ma uka o Vanover Park inā makemakeʻoe e hoʻomau i kāu huakaʻi tubing.
ʻO ke ala hele wāwae e pili pono ana i ka muliwaiʻo Creek Creek, me ka nui o nā helu hāʻule. ʻO ka pāʻoihana: E kuhi i kahi kaʻa kokoke i kahi e hoʻolālā aiʻoe e puka i waho i hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohuli i kāu iho i kahi hoʻomaka. (Hiki maikaʻi nā paipa i nā SUV a me nā kaʻa).
Loaʻa i kahi kānana: Me he uku lā ma ka pauʻana,ʻo kaʻoihana nui a Golden he nui nā wahi e hiki ai iāʻoe ke hopu i ka hau hau. E kiʻi iā Golden Sweets, 1299 Washington Avenue ma Golden. ʻO ka hale kūʻai ice cream a me ka hale lole lole kekahi puna puna. Hiki i ka Pelzel Fluffer Nutter ka meaʻono i kaʻono a me ka paʻakai paʻakikī, aʻo nā pīkī a me ka'oʻonoʻaʻo kahi punahele kau wela.
E hoʻomau i ka pāʻani ma Golden:
Pikeniki a hoʻomaha paha ma nā paka: Ma ka'ākau o Clear Creek, Park Park kahi hale kūʻani nui, piha i ka lua hihoe, ka papa volleyball a me kahi papa hoʻolālā hou hou no nā keiki. Ma lalo o ke kahawai, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻomaha ma Vanover Park me ka holoʻana o ke kahawai i ke kahua o ke kahua e hoʻokani i ke kani leo maikaʻi no ka awakea hoʻomaha. ʻO kaʻaoʻao hikina o ka pīkoʻaka kahiʻoihana hoʻolālā a me nā mea hana e like me keʻano no nā keiki e pāʻani ā puni.
E hoʻolimalima i ke kaʻa: E hoʻomau i kāu hana ma nā huilaʻelua ma ka hoʻolimalimaʻana i ke kaʻa mai ka hale kūʻai Bike hou i wehe houʻia, aia ma 1010 10th St. Ke kaʻawale nā kaʻa kaʻapili inā kaʻaʻoe no lalo o 2 mau hola. Ināʻole, he $ 10 i ka lā uku hoʻolimalima lā. Ma nāʻano like me nāʻano keke kaʻa likeʻole, he mau keke kaʻa likeʻole nā kaʻa e hiki ai ke ukuʻia, e like me nā kaʻa kaʻa, nā kekeike mauna, nā keke kaʻa a me nā keke māmā māmā-maikaʻi e hele ai ma nā puʻu o Golden.
Eʻai i kaʻaina awakea ma Abejas: E n hauʻoli i nā mea maikaʻi loa o ke kau ma Abejas, 807 13th St. ma Golden. ʻO ka haleʻaina kahi pilikino hou i ka nānāʻana i ka meaʻono. ʻO ka pahuhopu? Hoʻomākaukauʻia nā meaʻai i ka manawa me nā meaʻai o ka'āina, e hana ai i kahi papa inoa mau loa. Hoʻomaʻaʻia kaʻaina ahiahi mai ka 5 pm a 9:30 pm i ka Pōʻalua ma ka Lāpule. Pono he pono-ma ka papahana hōʻoluʻolu: Hōʻiliʻili i ka Lehua Leʻa Halibut, me nā paʻipiʻi pēpē, nā'ōpala i kālaiʻia, nā hua makeke a me ka aioli.