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ʻO Texas: He Moku'āina o ka Līhoihoi
ʻO Witold Skrypczak / Getty Images Mai nā mauna nani o Big Bend National Park ma West Texas i nā kumu lāʻau kedera o Caddo Lake ma East Texas,ʻo ka Lone Star State he mea hou i nā mea hou me nāʻano kupaianaha maoli. ʻO kahi kumu o ka hoʻololiʻana i nā'āina ā puni o ka moku'āinaʻo ka nui o ka ua i kēlā me kēia wahi i ka makahiki. ʻO nā wao akua o West Texas hiki wale i kahi 8'niha o ka ua ma ka makahiki,ʻoiaiʻo ka ulu lāʻau pinepine o East Texas kahi i loaʻa i kahi 30 inches o ka ua i ka makahiki. Hiki ke hoʻololi i ka 'āina e hele ai mai ke komohana a hiki i ka hikina, me nā mauna ma kahi komohana, a me nā puʻu ma Central Texas a pālahalaha i ka hikina.
02 o 13
Palo Duro Canyon State Park
ʻO Danita Delimont / Getty Images I ka manawa i kapaʻiaʻo Grand Canyon o Texas, Palo Duro Canyon aia nō ia ma ka'ākau o ka'ākau o ka'ākau. ʻO nā paia nani o ke kahawai hōʻike i hōʻikeʻia he 250 milioni miliona makahiki o nā moʻolelo kuʻuna. ʻO ke kahawai he 800 kapuaʻi ka hohonu ma kona palena haʻahaʻa, a ke holo nei ia no 120 mau mile. Ma loko o ka papa, eʻikeʻoe i nā papa hana kūlana kiʻekiʻe i kapaʻia he hoodoos, kahi pōhaku nui i kauʻia ma luna o kahi kahua liʻiliʻi. Inā ua laka iāʻoe, hiki iāʻoe ke holo ma kahi o ka moemoeka o Texas. Akā, mai hoʻokokoke loa. Hoʻokuʻi akuʻo ia i nā mea pepehi i ke koko momona mai kona mau maka.
03 o 13
ʻO Santa Elena Canyon ma Big Bend Natonal Park
ʻO Witold Skrypczak / Getty Images Hiki i loko o ka Pākīpika Big Bend ma ka palena me Mexico,ʻo Santa Elena Canyon kekahi wahi kaulana loa no nā koʻi. I ka kiʻekiʻe, piʻiʻia nā pali pali ma kēlāʻaoʻao kēiaʻaoʻao o Rio Grande, manaʻoʻia e like pahaʻoe e komo i kahi honua hou. Ma ke kiʻekiʻena kiʻekiʻe, piʻi nā pali i 1,500 kapuaʻi ma luna o Rio Grande. Hiki i ke kahawai ke holo a maʻalahi paha, e hilinaʻi ana i ka ua nui, no laila, maikaʻi ke holo i ka muliwai me ke kōkua o kahi alakaʻi alakaʻi. Ke holo nei ka hopena ma kahi haʻahaʻa, hiki iāʻoe ke hoe i uka no kahi mau mile a laila huli aʻe a e hana i ka hapa nui o ka hana i ka huakaʻi hoʻi.
04 o 13
Mauna Loa Park Caddo
Westend61 / Getty Images ʻO kekahi o nā loko kai maoli ma Texas,ʻo keʻano o kahi o ka'amoʻopi pōuliuli i ka hopena o Caddo. ʻO nā lōʻihi lōʻihi o nā moa Spanish e kauʻia mai nā lāʻau kaʻa, a heʻanoʻeleʻele wale kaʻilikai o ka moana ma muli o ka lā o ka lā a me nā lālā palaho i loko o ka wai. I kou heleʻana i ke kai shallow, ponoʻoe eʻalo i nā koʻokoʻo o nā lāʻau kaʻa. Hiki i kahi kaiapuni ke kākoʻo i keʻano o nā holoholona laulā, e like me nā hoʻokele, nā peʻa, a me ka woodpecker hoʻoili. ʻO ka pinepine pinepine 16-inch-kiʻekiʻe i kuhi pinepine no kekahi manu nui'ē aʻe,ʻo ka mea hana lāʻauʻelepaniʻelepani, a hiki paha iā ia ke hōʻoki. Eia kekahi, e hoʻopili i kou mau maka ke loheʻoe i ke kani kani kani nui ma waena o ka pā.
05 o 13
Ka Papa Hoʻokele a me kahi Hoʻokele Hoʻokeleʻo Hamilton
WIN-Initiative / Getty Images Ua hele aku kahi alapili i ke kūkuluʻiaʻana o kēiaʻauwai kūlohelohe i kahi mau mile ma ke komohana hema o Austin . Inā ua nui ka ua, hiki mai ka wailele he 50-kapakai ma kaʻaoʻao o nā paia o nā ana a me nā mākena ma waena o nā lāʻauʻiliahi, e hana ana i kaʻauwai maʻamau no nā meaʻauʻauʻauʻau ma lalo nei. Pono pono ka holoʻana i ka Hamilton Pool, aʻaʻole he ola ola ma ke kuleana. I ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kauwela, hiki i kahi laina e komo i loko. Heʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no ka holoʻana i ka paka o 230 eka. Hiki i nā malihini ke nānā aku keʻike i nā mea i hoʻolālāʻia.
06 o 13
ʻO South Padre Island
ʻO Robert Hinojosa / EyeEm / Getty Images ʻOiaiʻo ia ka mea iʻike muaʻiaʻo iaʻo kahi hopena o ka hapaʻo Spring Break,ʻo South Padre Island ka home no kekahi o nā kahakai keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo nani loa ma ka'āina. ʻO ke poʻo ma ka'ākau o ka mokupuni a ma waho aku o nā wahi hoʻolālā, eʻikeʻoe i nā mile a me nā mile o nā kahakai i kūʻoleʻia. Ma nā wahi'ākau, hiki paha iāʻoe ke nānā aku i kahi kai kuʻikuʻi nui o Keepa e hele mai nei i uka e kūkulu i ka pūnana. ʻO nā pua nui o nā moma i hoʻopiliʻia ma waho o ka wai mālie o Laguna Madre. ʻO ka'āpana holoʻokoʻa he manu honua manu nui e piha ana i nā manu lele a me nā iʻa e noho nei i ka makahiki. ʻO South Padre kahi wahi kūpono e kipa aku ai iʻOkakopa, i ka wā e mau ana nā mahana i nā makahiki 80 a he nui nā hokele e hoʻolaha ana i nā haʻawina hoʻolālā kūpono.
07 o 13
ʻO ka'āpana'āinaʻo Enchanted Rock State
ʻO Olga Melhiser Photography / Getty Images Aia kekahi mānohu māliko māliko ma waena o ka mokuʻo Texas Hill, he kanaka hoʻokipa i nā kānaka no nā makahiki he mau makahiki. Manaʻo nā'AmekaʻAmelika i ka mana o ka mana o ka puʻupuʻu, ma muli paha o nā leo hilahilaʻole i puka mai i kekahi manawa. Uaʻike nā kānakaʻepekema i kēia mau hanana e pili ana i nā loli o ka hoʻolālā e hoʻonā i nā lua i ka pōhaku e hoʻonui a me kaʻaelike. Ma kahi kaʻa iki iki mai Austin, ua hana ka dome i kahiʻoihana paʻakikī paʻakikī. Ponoʻoe e komo i nā kāmaʻa me ka hoʻoikaika maikaʻi. Hiki ke hana maʻalahi ke ala lōʻihi i kekahi manawa, ma hope o ka ua. ʻOiai ka nui o ka pōhaku e kū nei me ke olaʻole, ua ulu nā mea kanu a me nā lāʻau paʻakikī ma'ō a ma'ō. Hiki iāʻoe keʻimi i nā kāpili i kekahi manawa ma nā loko poʻomaka e ulu ana i loko o ka pali ma ka pōhaku.
08 o 13
Ka Moku'āinaʻo Canyon a me ke alanui Trailway
ʻO Witold Skrypczak / Getty Images Hiki i kahi mau mile ma ka hikina hikina o Amarillo, hiki i ka mokupuniʻo Caprock Canyons State ke piha i nā kukui maka. Hiki keʻikeʻia he miliona mau makahiki o ka moʻaukala i nāʻulaʻula, keʻokeʻo a me kaʻalani o nā papa pālahalaha. Ma nāʻaoʻao o ka Little Red River, ua piha ka nānāʻana i nā lāʻau lūlū, nā plum lāʻau hihiu a me nā māla o nā mea kanu maoli e like me ka liʻiliʻi a me ka nalu'āhiu. ʻO kahi'āpana puapona nui ma luna o kēlā mau mauʻu e like me ka lāʻau i puni o ka pā. Ua hoʻopakeleʻia ka bison mai ka lukuʻia e kahi kahu hānai hihiu,ʻo Charles Goodnight, a me nā hanauna o nā mea mālama hoʻomalu.
09 o 13
Nā Hale Kūkaʻi Mānoa
John Elk / Getty Images I ka mahana wela o ke kauwelaʻo Texas,ʻo kahi o nā wahi maikaʻi loa e hoʻomaha ai, he hohonu hohonu ia i Natural Bridge Caverns. ʻO ka Discovery Tour kahi i loaʻa ai iāʻoe he 180 kapuaʻi ma lalo o kahi lepo kahi eʻike aiʻoe i ka honua kupaianaha o nā stalactites, nā stalagmites a me nā paiaʻeleʻele i kapaʻiaʻo nā kapili. ʻO ka huakaʻi he 3/4 mile ka lōʻihi e hana ana ma kahi o kahi hola.
10 o 13
Ke Kūlana National Parkʻo Guadalupe
ʻO Witold Skrypczak / Getty Images Aia ma kahi o West Texas ma waena o Midland a me El Paso,ʻo Guadalupe Mountains National Park kahi home o kekahi o nā ala nui loa ma Texas: El Capitan. ʻO ka wahi a pau kahi kahi o ke kai kahiko, a he nui nā papa pōhaku i hoʻonuiʻia i nā pōhaku. E nānā pono i nā pōhaku a hiki iāʻoe keʻike pinepine i nā hiʻona waiwai o nā algae kahiko, nā kapuaʻi a me nā mea liʻiliʻi'ē aʻe.
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ʻO Gorman Falls ma ka mokuʻo Bend State Park
Kelly Ryerson / kiʻi kiʻi Kūpuniʻia e nā lāʻau lush,ʻo Gorman Falls ka mea i hoʻohālikeʻia e ka wao nahele Amazon ma mua o Central Texas. Hiki i loko o Colorado Bend State Park, hāʻule ka wailele he 70 kapuaʻi ma lalo o ka puʻu a ma hope o ka holoʻana o nā pōhaku. Hiki iāʻoe keʻike pinepine i nā kīhāʻo Guadalupe a me nā iʻa liʻiliʻi'ē aʻe e holo ana i nā loko liʻiliʻi e hoʻopuni ana i ke kumu o ka wailele. ʻOiaiʻo ka papa he mea nui loa ia i nā manu liʻiliʻi e like me nā manuʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele, uaʻike kokeʻia kekahi mau aeto'ōpio i ka huli holoholona no ka iʻa e pili ana i ka wailele.
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Monahans Moku'āinaʻo Sandhills
ʻO Witold Skrypczak / Getty Images Ināʻaʻoleʻoe i ho'āʻo i ka heʻenalu e nalu, maikaʻi, i kēia manawa kou loaʻa. ʻO nā kahakai one nui loa ma Monahans Moku'āinaʻo Sandhills State he nui loa ia e hiki ai ke lele i nā puʻu ma luna o nā'ūpiliʻili. "ʻOiai kekahi o nā one kai e kū nei, kahi paʻa i nā aʻa lāʻau, kahi'ē aʻe kekahi a hoʻololi pinepine . I kekahi manawa, eʻikeʻia nā'ōpili liʻiliʻi e hoʻokomo i nā mea hihiu e like me ka dia mule, nā pokopoko a me nāʻalo hina.
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Ka Waiwaiʻo Krause Springs a me ka Campground
ʻO Olga Melhiser Photography / Getty Images He luawai punahele nani i ka hikina o Austin ,ʻo Krause Springs kahi i hoʻopuniʻia e nā lāʻauʻonika kiʻekiʻe a me nāʻanaka momona. Aia he mau kumu wai 32 heʻokoʻa ma luna o ka waiwai,ʻo ia pū kekahi pūnaewele. I ka 115 mau eka o ke kahua hoʻomoana, hiki nō iāʻoe ke hele i ke kī, e hoʻokuʻu i ka wai o ke kaula, e holoholo i loko o ka papa lele a holo i kahi mau mile o nā ala.