Ke hoʻoukaʻana i ke alaʻo Turquoise

ʻO ka New Mexicoʻo Turquoise Trail kekahi o nā moku'āina iʻike muaʻia e ka moku'āina, a no ke kumu maikaʻi. ʻO ka'ōuli honua, hiki ke ala i kahi mākaʻikaʻi a me ka moolelo o kahi o 15,000 mau mile kauka ma waenakonu o New Mexico. ʻO ka ala ala he 50 mile mai ke alanui High 14, aia ma waho o Albuquerque ma kaʻaoʻao hikina hema o nā puʻuʻo Sandia . Heleʻo ia ma ka'ākau a pau i Santa Fe. He nani ka helehelena i ka makahiki ā puni a he nui nā wahi i kūpono e hele ma ke ala.

Ke hoʻoukaʻana i ka Hoʻokūʻo Enchanting Turquoise

Hoʻomaka ka ala ma ke kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi o Tijeras ma nā kuahiwi. E hoʻomaka i kāu huakaʻi makaikai ma ke Keʻena Visitor Center no ka'ōpū'obo o Cibo. Aia ma kaʻaoʻao hema o I-40 ma ke Alaloa 337 ma Tijeras, kahi o ka'āina archaeological kahiko kahi i koe o Tijeras Pueblo, kahi kauhale i noho ai nā maka'āinana i ka wā ma mua. Hiki i ka pūnaewele ke kuhikuhi i nā alahele helehelena kahi e hiki ai i nā malihini ke aʻo e pili ana i ka moʻaukala o ka pueblo i ulu mai 1313 a 1425. He mau alakai hele wāwae a me nā wahi pīkino.

Ma ke kūkulu hou aku ma mua o Tijeras, ke alanui Sandia Crest e hoʻolimalima ana i kahi hoʻokipa, nā wahi pīkino a me nā ala hele wāwae no ka poʻe aloha i waho. I ka hoʻoilo, kahi skiing ma Sandia Peak, aiʻole ka hau hauhoe a me nā ala helehelena ma waena o nā ululāʻau nani. ʻO ke alanuiʻoʻoleʻa kekahi e pili ana iā Tinkertown, kekahi o nā hale punaheleʻano likeʻole me nā kamera miniature a me kahiʻoihana pale o nā mea maikaʻi.

ʻAʻohe wahi e like me ia ma ka honua nei, a hele mai nā kānaka mai kahi'ē eʻike. Aiaʻo Tinkertown ma Sandia Park.

E hoʻomau i ke kūkulu'ākau i Golden, ke kahua o ke gula gula mua ma ke komohana o ka Mississippi. Ua kūʻai ka Henderson Store i nāʻoihana a me nāʻoihanaʻAmelika Hui Pūʻia a uaʻoi akuʻo ia ma kaʻoihana mai ka makahiki 1918.

Ke kūʻai aku i nā lole, ka paila, nā mea kūʻai, a me nā mea hou aʻe.

ʻO kaʻaoʻao ma hope o ke kūkulu'ākau he kūlanakauhale'ē aʻe i hoʻomaka me ka mining, Madrid . I kahi manawa kahi i hoʻolimalimaʻia ai ka'olihu māmā a me ka lauhuʻu, ua lilo nā hale liʻiliʻi ma keʻano he mau hale kūʻai, nā haleʻai, nā hale kaʻa, a me nā hale hānai. Ua lilo ke kūlanakauhale i wahi no nā mea hana a me nā poʻe hana lima mai ka makahiki 1970. Ke hoʻomau nei ka hoʻomau o ka hale kūʻai i nā liboa, a ua haʻalele ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo Old Coal i kekahi o nā hale a me nā lakohana mai ke kūlanakauhale o ke kūlanakauhale. Heʻenekini loea kahiko i lawelaweʻia he wahi no nā keiki maʻalahi e hana hoʻohālike he alakaʻi lākou. I ke kauwela, aia kahi Hāhāʻo Iulai a me nā hopena pule a pau i loko o Kekemapa i hoʻokaʻawaleʻia no nā kukui a me nā hoʻonaniʻana no nā koli. ʻAʻole hiki i ka pilina ma Madrid ke hoʻopauʻia me ka heleʻole aku i kahi mea kanuʻo Iezebel Soda Fountain.

Ma kaʻaoʻao'ākau, ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Cerrillos e kuhikuhi i kahi i hanaʻia ai ka mina no ka'ōmaʻomaʻi, ke gula, ke kālā, ke alakaʻi, a me ka zinc. He 21 mau kauhale a meʻehā mau hokele. I kēia lā,ʻo kona nani ka nānā aku i keʻano o ke komohana kahiko, a me kona mau hale kūʻai a me nā kiʻi. E kipa aku i ka Post Post Casa Grande a me ka Zoo Zoro , kahi'ē aʻe o kahiʻano maikaʻi.

E hoʻomau i ka'ākau a ma mua pono o ka heleʻana i Santa Fe , e noho ma El Parasol, iʻikeʻia no kaʻaiʻo Mexico hou.

Aiaʻo El Parasol i kahi i kapaʻiaʻo Top of the Trail, no ka mea, ua hikiʻoe i ka hopena o ke alanui Trail Turquoise.