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Ināʻoe e hele pono i White Sands, aʻoi aku paha, e nānā i kahi kiʻi ponoʻole o lākou,ʻaʻole lākou e nānā aku e like me ka hau, akā,ʻaʻole e hōʻole i ko lākou keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo. ʻO ka hui pūʻana o nā kumu kūlohelohe ka mea i hopena i kēia hanana laulā.ʻO ke kumu mua he keʻokeʻo ke one o White Sands no ko lākou huihuʻu kohuʻu: Ua hanaʻia me kaʻoluʻolu, heʻano keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo.
Akā, he mea maʻamau loa ka one o ke kōpana.
ʻO keʻano papa honuaʻo White Sands-ke kīʻaha e hoʻopuni ana iā ia e pale aku i ka ua e hele mai nei mai ka heleʻana i ka moana-hoʻomalu i nā manaʻo o ka pīkole i loko o ke kīʻaha kiʻekiʻe, e hiki ai i ke keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo ke nānā aku, i loko o ka wela o ka lā (ʻoi aʻe ma ia mea i ka lua!).
Nā mea e hana ai ma White Sands
ʻOiai ināʻaʻoleʻoe i kahi wikiō mele e paʻi kiʻi, aia nāʻano likeʻole eʻoluʻolu i ka White Sands. Hiki ke hele i kahi Dune Drive e hoʻohana ana i kāu kaʻa pono'ī, mai 7 am-7 pmʻOiai, i loko o nā mahina kauwela, hoʻokani ka pāʻani i nā mele ma nā hōkū i kēlā me kēia mahina o ka mahina mahina piha, ʻoiaiʻaʻole maopopo iā ia inā "ʻo ka wai e holo mau"ʻo ia kekahi o nā mele i hoʻokaniʻia.
Pehea e hele ai i White Sands
ʻO White Sands kahi i kokoke i hoʻokahi hola ma kahi kaʻawale mai Las Cruces, New Mexico, e noho ana ma ka confluence o Interstates 10 a me 25.
E hele i Las Cruces ma US-70 W a hahai i nā hōʻailona. ʻO ka palena nui o nā kūlanakauhale nui i White Sandsʻo El Paso,ʻo ia he 90 maukona hema ma o US-54 W.
Ua maʻalahiʻo White Sands e kipa mai i nā wahi kaulana loa ma New Mexico, e like me Albuquerque, Santa Fe, a me Taos. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻoiai kekahi o nā alahele mai Santa Fe a hiki i Taos e hele ai ma kahiʻo Ruidoso, hiki iā ia ke hele i White Sands i kahi huakaʻi hele mālie.
ʻO kahiʻokoʻa e pili ana i White Sandsʻaʻole e hiki iāʻoe ke nalowaleʻo Cloudcroft, nona ka manaʻo maoli o "Old West" a he mea hiki nō iāʻoe keʻike nui aku iā White Sands mai nā kapuaʻi kapuaʻi ma luna aʻe.
I ka wā e hele ai i ka White Sands
Ua hāmamaʻo White Sands National Monument i ka makahiki a puni, aʻoiai e hiki ke wela loa ka'āina i ke kauwela,ʻo kahi keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo e mālama ai i ka hoʻonaniʻana i ka paʻi, kahi kokoke i nā lā a pau ka lā kūpono e hele ai. He nui loa nā pō a me nā ahiahi no ke kiʻiʻana, akā naʻe, e like me keʻano o ka pukaʻana o ka lā a me ka nānāʻana o ka lā i ke one, me ka nani o ka hiʻohiʻona nani.
ʻOiai,ʻoiai e waiho mālie ke one ma lalo o ka lā mahana wela, he wahi wao naheleʻo White Sands, a no ka lōʻihi o ka nohoʻana i waho no ka lōʻihi, hiki iā ia ke hana i ka hopena o ka maʻi.
Ponoʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i ka wā i paniʻia ka papa ma muli o ka ho'āʻoʻana i nā missile mai kahiʻoi aku o nā misaile kokoke. E nānā i kaʻaoʻao "Closures" o ka pakuhi ma mua o kou kipaʻana e hoʻomaopopo i kāu hele mua i White Sandsʻaʻoleʻoe i hope loa!