ʻAʻole ponoʻoe e hele mamao eʻike i kaʻelua o ka lehulehu o nāʻaeto'ōpiopio. E hele wale aku i ka'ākau o St. Louis a hiki i ke alanuiʻo River River a hele i Alton a me Grafton, Illinois. I kēlā makahiki kēia makahiki, e neʻe ana nā tausani o'eeto i kahi. Hele lākou no ka iʻa i loaʻa i ke kai anuanu o nā kahawai Mississippi a me Illinois. E hōʻea ana nā manu i ka hopena o Dekemaba a noho a hiki i Malaki, no laila, nui ka manawa e hana ai i kahi mākaʻiʻuʻuku. Aia ma lalo kekahi mau wahi maikaʻi eʻike ai i nāʻaeto ma ka mokuʻo St. Louis.
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ʻO Alton Hale kaiaulu
ʻO kou kuhi mua e aʻo hou e pili ana i ka nānāʻana o kaʻaeto,ʻo ia ka Alton Visit Center. Hele nā hui waena ma kahi e nānā pono aku aiʻoe i kahiʻaeto'alaʻula mai ka Halepuleʻo World Bird. Hiki iāʻoe ke kākau inoa no nā kiʻi o nā ea a iʻole e kiʻi i kahi kope o ke alakaʻi ma kaʻaha aʻo ka waena ma mua o ka heleʻana e hana i kekahi mauʻimi pono'ī no kāu iho. Aia ke kikowaena kipa ma 200 Piasa Street ma Alton.
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Palekanaʻo Brussels
Ma nā wahi āpau o Brussels Ferry e hoʻokipa i nāʻeleu'ōleʻele i ka wā o ka hoʻoilo, akā,ʻo ka holoʻana ma kaʻoihana o ka moku heʻike pono'ī ia e ponoʻole e nalowale. Aia ka'elike liʻiliʻi ma ke alanuiʻo Great River, hoʻokahi mile ma ke komohana o Grafton a heʻehā mile ma ka hikina o ka Hale Park Marquette State. Kūleʻaʻo ia ma ka muliwaiʻo Illinois i kēlā me kēia lā. E'ōleʻa wale i kāu kaʻa ma luna o ka moku ae hoʻokuʻu i nā moku kaʻa e hana i kā lākou hana. ʻO ka holoʻana ma kēlāʻaoʻao o ka muliwai wale nō i loaʻa i mau minuke, akā hiki paha iāʻoe ke kali e holo i ka manawa o ka manawa. 'Ōlelo nā mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa, eʻike pinepineʻoe i nāʻaeto e puni ana i Brussels a me nāʻoihana'ē aʻe no ka mea e huki lākou i ka wai a lawe mai i iʻa i ka honua eʻai ai nāʻaeto.
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ʻElua mau'Āina o ka Lahui'Āina
Ke hala akuʻoe i ka muliwaiʻo Illinois i ka Brussels Ferry, e neʻe aku i kahi mau mile ma ke komohana a hiki i ka komoʻana o ka Refuge Manuahiʻeluaʻo Rivers. ʻO kēia home he 8,500 mau eka ka home no nāʻaeto a me nā manu'ē aʻe, nā meaʻenaʻena a me nā iʻa lele. He lumi nānā ka hale kikowaena me nā pūnahu lōʻihi lōʻihi, a lawe mai paha i kāu mau kino a me ka hele wāwae i ka Gilbert Lake Hiking Trail no ka meaʻokoʻa o kaʻawa lele.
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ʻO Melvin Kalahiki Loke a me Dam
ʻO kaʻoihana mua o ka Melvin Price Locks a me Dam ka mālamaʻana i nā moku e neʻe ana ma ka muliwai Mississippi, akā he wahi pū nō hoʻi ia o ka Great River Birding Trail o Audubon Society. Aia ia ma ka hema o ke Alanui Clark Clark kokoke i Alton. Ke heleʻoe i laila, e nānā pū i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Nuiʻo National National Museum. Aia ka mea hale kūʻai i nā mea a pau āu e makemake ai eʻike e pili ana i ka muliwai Mississippi a me kona hopena ma kaʻaoʻaoʻo St. Louis. Ma ka hale hōʻikeʻike, hiki iāʻoe ke kākau inoa no nā hele kaʻawale o nā loka a me ka dam aiʻole e hele i kahi haneli kūikawā kūikawā i ka wā hoʻoilo.
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ʻO Park Marquette State Park
ʻO Pere Marquette, ka moku'āina nui loa ma Illinois, aia ma ke komohana o Grafton ma ka mokuʻo Jersey. Hiki iāʻoe ke hele ma kahi o 8,000 eka eʻimi i nāʻaeto a hui i kahi o nā huakaʻi hele. Hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi huakaʻi ma ka hola 8:30 i ka lumi kikowaena o ka papa. Pono nā mea hoʻomaha. Ke hoʻomākaukauʻoe e noho i loko o ka hale, e kali ma kahi pā o ka Pere Marquette Lodge a hoʻomahaʻoe i mua o ke ahi ahi nui. He wahi maikaʻi nō ka hale noho inā makemakeʻoe e hoʻololi i kou lā o kaʻaeto e nānā ai i ka huakaʻi hope loa.
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Ka Hale Kūʻaiʻo Confluence
ʻO ka Hale Kūlanaʻo Confluence ma kaʻaoʻao hema o Alton i ke kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻiʻo Hartford, Illinois. Akā,ʻo kona wahi i ka huiʻana o nā muliwaiʻo Misuri a me Mississippi, he mea maikaʻi loa ia no ka nānāʻana i nāʻaeto. Aia ka hale kiaʻi i 50, 100 a me 150 kapuaʻi no ka nānā ponoʻana i ke kahawai a pau. Mai poina e lawe mai i kāu mau kiʻi no kaʻike maikaʻi loa. Ma ka hale kiaʻi, hiki iāʻoe ke aʻo pū i ka moʻolelo o ka Lewis & Clark Expedition. He $ 6 no nā mākua a he $ 4 no nā keiki.