01 o 07
Aloha kakahiaka maikaʻi
© Ola Olaberg ma ka Flickr He wā punahele ia no nā mea he nui, iʻike nuiʻia no kona mau hakahaka a me ka wā maikaʻi. He manawa kēia e hui pū ai nāʻohana, no nā hoaaloha e hoʻolālā i nā huakaʻi alanui, a na nā kāne e hele i kahi e haʻalele ai. ʻO ka manawa ia o ka puaʻana o nā pua, e lele ana nā manu, a'ālohilohi ka lā. ʻAe,ʻo ke kauwela wale nō.
No laila, pehea lāʻoe e hana ai i ka hapanui o ka manawaʻoluʻolu nui? E puka i waho o ka papa! A no ka loaʻaʻana o ka pōmaikaʻi, ua hāʻawi ka'āina i nā haneli he nui o nā mākele a me nā moku'āina e hōʻike i ka nani o waho. Hiki iāʻoe ke hele ma nā wahi a pau a loaʻa ka manawa nui, akā ināʻoe eʻimi nei i nā wahi e hāʻawi nei i kahi helehelena kūʻokoʻa a me ka hoʻokipa i nā mahina kauwela, e nānā i kēia mau mākele'āina kiʻekiʻe.
02 o 07
Kula Nuiʻo Canyon National, Arizona
ʻO ka hōʻailona mai kaʻaoʻaoʻo Yavapai, ke kahawai nuiʻo Canyon, Arizona. © Trodel mā Flickr Hiki iā ia ke hoʻomaha loa o nā kauwela a pau a me kekahi mea e pono ai keʻike hoʻokahi. Inā uaʻikeʻoe i nā kiʻi o ka National Park Canyon National , e hilinaʻi mai iaʻu,ʻaʻoleʻoe iʻike pono. Ke hohonu o ke kuamoo, nā lawaiʻa o ka pōhaku, nā papa o ka honua eʻike mauʻia nei; maikaʻi,ʻaʻohe mea kiʻi hiki ke hopu. Ponoʻoe eʻike.
Hoʻopuka # 1 no ka heleʻana i ka Grand Canyon no kāu kauwela kauwela: Inā hiki iāʻoe, hele i loko o ka hebedoma a hōʻole i nā hebedoma. Kūleʻa kēia wahi no kahi kumu akāʻaʻoleʻoe e loaʻa i kahi kai o nā kānaka. Ua kaulana loa ka Rim Rim i ka mahinaʻo Iulai a meʻAukake, no laila e nānā i nā'īpuka a pau o ka pā a e kū pono i nā mea e pono ai.
Hiki i ka poʻe holokai ka huahelu lua: e lawe mai i ka wai nui! Inā kohoʻoe e holo i lalo (kahiʻoihana kupaianaha), e hoʻomanaʻo i nā mahana i loko o ke kuʻiwa i loko e piʻi i 118 kiʻekiʻe. No ke ala maʻalahi i ka lalo, e noʻonoʻo i ka mīkini, ka muliwai, a me nā huakaʻi holo. Hiki i nā mīkini mai ka Lā Kekau no nā lā hele a me nā pale nui ma Phantom Ranch -ʻo kahi wale nō kahi e hiki ai iāʻoe ke noho i ka pō ma waho o kahi hoʻomoana. Hiki iāʻoe ke hele i kahi hele lōʻihi ma waena o ka wā lōʻihi, hoʻomaha o ke kahawai me nā manawa no ka holoʻana o ka lā.
Eia kekahi, e nānā pono i ka kaʻa Pele Hertle Rest Route e hāʻawi ana i nā malihini i kahi ala maʻalahi eʻike ai i ke kahawai. Hiki iāʻoe ke holo ma ke kahawai o ke kahawai no 8 mile a kū i kahi o nā mea maikaʻi loa o ke kahawaiʻo Colorado and Grand Canyon. Ma muli o kou kohoʻana e kipa i ka Grand Canyon,ʻaʻole e hōʻeha. Hiki iāʻoe ke holo i luna, lawe i nā hiku o ka lā, aiʻole e hele i lalo no kahi pō. ʻIkeʻoe i ke aha? Ua maikaʻi a pau.
03 o 07
Isle Royale National Park, Michigan
Ka holoʻana ma waena o nā mokupuni i ka moana kiʻekiʻe ma ka mokupuniʻo Isle Royale. © Ben + Sam me FLickr Ke haʻaleleʻoe i ka moku Pōkele Park e lawe iāʻoe i ka mokupuniʻo Isle Royale , aia wale nōʻoe. ʻAʻole maikaʻi. He nui nā papahana, nā palapala'āina, a me nā alakaʻi ma ka lima, akāʻo kēia pā'ū aupuni ka mea e hāʻawi aku i kahi o nā wahi maikaʻi loaʻole e kipa ai. ʻO ka wahiʻeleʻele a me ke kaumahaʻole ka mahaloʻana i nāʻoihana koʻikoʻiʻoihana: E laweʻoe i loko, e hoʻokō. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, he mau mea ponoʻoe eʻike ai i kou wā e hele ai i Isle Royale.
No ka poʻe hoʻomaka, hoʻomaka nā malihini kipa e lohe i kahi kūkākūkāʻana i ka hoʻokele a me ka hoʻomoana. Ma loko o kēia kūkākūkā eʻikeʻoe e ponoʻoe e hoʻolapalapa i ka wai aiʻole e holoi ai ia mea no ka meaʻaʻole hiki i nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe lāʻau ke pepehi i nā cysts o ka momona i piha i loko o ka wai. ʻO nā mea nui i loko o ka paka he mea hihiu. Hoʻopili nā holokaʻi i nā alahele me ka moose a me nā'īlio hae no laila e manaʻo eʻike i nā mele a me nā palapopo. Hiki i ka wai ke hōʻike i nā lawaiʻa beaver nui a me nā mea liʻiliʻi i hanaʻia. A ināʻoe e hoʻomoana nei, e nānā maka i nā alopeke i hiki ke komo i loko no ka meaʻaiʻole. (ʻAʻole e makaʻu i ka WILDLIFE!)
Maiʻaeʻoe i nā hua'ōlelo e like me "tapeworm" aiʻole "wūwī" e hōʻole iāʻoe mai ka heleʻana aku i kēia nani maoli. Inā hoʻomāmāʻoe i kou manaʻo, nā'īlio hae e pale holoholona a ho'āʻo e pale i nā kānaka. Ma waho aʻe, he mea kupaianaha kēia pāʻani e piʻi. Hiki iāʻoe keʻike i nā mea e like me ka Moose Extension, e hōʻike ana i ka nui o ka ulu lāʻau ke uluʻole nā holoholona, aʻo Edisen Fishery paha kekahi o nā lawaiʻa kālepa hope loa ma ka mokupuni. E noʻonoʻo, e hilinaʻi pinepine kāu papa helu o nā lā i ka papahana o ka moku a iʻole ke kaʻawale, no laila e lawe mai i ka wati a hoʻolālā i kou lā. ʻO kahi o nā mea maikaʻi loa āu e lawe ai,ʻo ia ka mea nāna e lawe aku iāʻoe mai ka hustle a me ka hopena o ke ola a i loko o ka'āina kupaianaha.
04 o 07
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park, Kaleponi
He kanaka holo moku i waena o nā kumu lāʻau nui ma Sequoia a me King Park. © footloosiety ma Flickr Inā makemakeʻoe i ka hoʻomanaʻo no keʻano liʻiliʻiʻoe i kēia ao nui, e hele i ka naheleʻo Giant. Aia i loko o kēia āpau ka nui o nā canyons a me nā lāʻau nui (ʻo ia nā papaʻeluaʻelua) a ua hui pūʻia e kūkulu i kahi papa hoʻokahi e holo ana i 66 mile ka lōʻihi a he 36 mau mile ke ākea ma kona wahi nui loa. ʻO ka hapa o nā mile a pau o kēia kaena nui o ka wao nahele, he mea nui e hiki ai i ka holo moku ke holo i kahi huakaʻi e mamao aku ana ma kahi alanui ma mua o kekahi papa'āina'ē aʻe ma ka pūnaewele. Aʻoiai he mea paʻakikī paha hikiʻole i kekahi holokai ke uhi i kahi 800 mile o nā ala hele, hiki i ka Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park ke hāʻawi aku i nā mea eʻike aʻoi aku ma mua o kahi huakaʻi kauwela.
Ke hoʻomaka me nā lāʻau,ʻaʻole pono nā malihini e haʻalele i ka naheleʻo Giant Grant Grant Grant Grant. Ma loko o kēia mau wahi, hiki iāʻoe ke lawe i nā mea maikaʻi loa o nā aoʻelua. I loko o Giant Forest ka lāʻau nui loa o ka honua -ʻo ka Sherman Tree - kahi 2,100 mau makahiki, 274.9 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe, a he 102.6 kapuaʻi ke kaʻawale. He mea paʻakikī ke wehewehe i ka nui o kēia kumu lāʻau; hiki iāʻoe keʻike aku! Hoʻomaka ka nui o nā ala kaʻa ma kēia wahi - he mea paʻakikī ke hāʻule. Eʻike pono hoʻi e nānā i nā poʻe kiaʻiʻehā -ʻehā mau hua'ōlelo e pili ana e "kū i ke kiaʻi" ma luna o ka ululāʻau.
ʻO ka lua o ka mea pono eʻike iā Grant Grove e waiho nei ma loko o ka Mō'ī National Canyon National Park. He mea paʻakikī ke nalowale i ke Kauoha Grant Tree, kahi e kū ai 267.4 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe a 107.6 kapuaʻi ke kuana. Hiki i nā malihini ke nānā i nā lāʻau i mālamaʻia ma kaʻikeʻana i ka nui o nā mea i nalowale i ka lohi. Maiʻikeʻoe i ka Centennial Stump - he koʻokoʻo o kahi sequoia i kuaʻia i lalo no ka Philadelphia 1875 Centennial. Hiki iāʻoe ke mahalo i nā mea a pau e hana ai nā papa pāʻani.
ʻO Cedar Grove he wahi kaulana e hiki ai i nā malihini keʻike aku i nā lāʻau'ē aʻe e like me ka lāʻauʻoka, ke keʻokeʻo, ka lāʻauʻeleʻele, a me ka paʻi pine. He wahi maikaʻi e hele a puni, kaʻa, a lawe i nā lāʻau, nā muliwai, a me nā māla a puni. ʻO kekahi pono-eʻikeʻo Crystal Cave, kahi e pono ai nā mea kūʻai i kūʻaiʻia e leʻaleʻa. ʻO ke ana he likeʻole ia me ka wikiwiki loa, kokoke i nā kukui kukui, a me ka nui ma ka hōʻikeʻikeʻana i ka hana kūlohelohe maoli, stalactites, stalagmites, a me nā pou.
Inā makemakeʻoe e hoʻonui i kāu kauwela kauwela,ʻaʻohe alaʻoi aʻe ma mua o ka leʻaleʻa iʻelua pākele i hoʻokahi!
05 o 07
Hoʻokena National Parkʻo Katmai, Alaska
Alaska Brown Bear, Hallo Bay, Keʻena National Parkʻo Katmai, Alaska. © Marshmallow ma Flickr ʻAʻoleʻo Alaska ka mea mua āu e noʻonoʻo ai i ka wā e lohe aiʻoe i nā hua'ōlelo, "hōʻoluʻolu kauwela," akāʻo kēia mākele'āina e hoʻomauʻia ka mea e kahaha ai iāʻoe mai ka manawa āu e komo ai i ka lā āu e haʻalele ai. Hoʻokumu ka papa i 15 mau lua pele, aʻo kekahi o lākou e kahuehu wale ana, aʻo ka nui loa o ka heluna'āleʻa pale o North America. I loko o ka pākaʻina, hiki iāʻoe ke holo, ka waʻa, kayak, iʻa, aʻoliʻoli i keʻano ma kona maikaʻi loa. A i ka hopena o ka lā e hiki mai ana, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻomaha ma kahi hale hoʻokipa e nānā ana i ka lā i hoʻonohonohoʻia i ke kaiʻeleʻele. ʻAʻole maikaʻi, pololei?
ʻO ka manawa kūpono loa e hiki ai i ka moku'āinaʻo Katmaiʻo Iune a hiki i ka hoʻomakaʻana o Kepakemapa. I kēia manawa,ʻo ka halihaliʻana mai ka Brooks Camp (kahi o nā kānaka, bea, iʻa, a me nā moku) a me ke kahawai heʻumi tausani kaukani (kahiʻoihana kaulana) e weheʻia me nā hale moe, nā moku, a me nā kahua hoʻomoana. Inā makemakeʻoe eʻike i nā pēa i loko o ka nāhelehele, ho'āʻo e hoʻolālā i kou kipaʻana i ka mahina o Iulai, i ka wā o ke kahakai iʻa e hoʻonāukiuki i nā piko o kaʻelima bea'ōmaʻomaʻo.
He nui nā wahi kupaianaha e hele ai i ka papa, akā e maopopo eʻikeʻoleʻoe i ke awāwa o Ka Lume Nā Nalu Nalu. Kūlana likeʻole ka'āina a iho i lalo i ka Ukak River e holo aku ana i loko o ke kahawai. ʻO kahi holokai nui e lawe ai ma waena o Baked Mountain a me Katmai Pass - Novarupta - he 200 kapuaʻi kiʻekiʻe o ka pōhaku lua pele. Manaʻo nui ka poʻeʻepekema i ka makahiki 1912 i ka pelemaka a me ka lehu ma o ka māwae maʻaneʻi. He wahi kupaianaha ia eʻike ai.
Ināʻaʻole ka holoʻana i kāuʻahaʻaina, hāʻawiʻo Katmai i nā manawa he nui i kayak, waʻa, a waʻa paha. Hiki ke ukuʻia nā mea alakaʻi a me nā mea hana a hoʻolimalimaʻia a mālamaʻia nāʻoihana alakaʻiʻia. No nā mea nui o ka wai, e nānā i ka Savonoski Loop - kahi huakaʻi holo kaʻa he 85 mau mile e piha ai i 4-8 mau lā. A no ka mea e nānā ana eʻoliʻoli i nā pūnaewele mai kahi lōʻihi, e hiki ke hele i kaʻaeʻana o kaʻawa ma ka Mō'ī Salmon a me ka Camps Brooks. Ma muli o kou hoʻoholoʻana e kipa i ka papa, e mālama pono i kāu kamera!
06 o 07
Ka Papa Kūʻaliʻo Crater Lake, Oregon
Wizard Island, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. © vladeb mā Flickr Nui. Hiki ke hōʻuluʻulu maikaʻi i ka nani o kēia kūlana honua me ka hua'ōlelo hoʻokahi:ʻano kupaianaha. He paʻakikī ke hoʻopoina i kāuʻike mua ma Crater Lake National Park - he 21 mau mile o ke kahawaiʻeleʻele āu eʻike ai. ʻAʻole wale ia kahi o nā mākaʻi'āina nui loa,ʻo ia kekahi o nāʻoihanaʻoi loa. Mahalo i kekahi o ka ea maʻemaʻe ma ka'āina, hiki i nā malihini keʻike maoli i kahi mau mile he 100 mai kekahi mau wahi o ka pā.
ʻOiai ua hoʻomaopopoʻole kaʻepekema i ka'ikeola o Crater Lake, uaʻike mākou ua hānauʻia ka moana no ka luaʻi pele, Mount Mazama, ma kahi o 5700 HK. Ua hana kaʻehu i kahi pele nui nui i hoʻopiha i ka hau a me ka ua i hoʻoheheʻeʻia, no laila ka hanaʻana i kahi lokoʻoi aʻe 1,900 kapuaʻi hohonu. A he mea kānaluaʻole kēlā loko. Hōʻike ponoʻo Crater Lake i kona mau momona a me nā momona ma ke kauwela me nā huluhulu e lele ana i Iulai a meʻAukake, no laila e hoʻolālā i kāu huakaʻi e like me ia. E hōʻoiaʻiʻo e lawe mai i kou mau kāmaʻa maikaʻi maikaʻi loa e like me ka hāʻawiʻana o ka papa i kahi hiʻona no nā hiku o ka lā.
Me kahiʻoi aku ma kahi o 100 mile o nā ala, hiki i nā malihini ke kali i nā manaʻo kūkala no ka hemlock, pine, a me nā kumulāʻau, a me deer, beaʻeleʻele, dia, bobcats, a me nā marmots. A e nānā pono i kou mau maka i ka lewa no kaʻikeʻana i nāʻaeto a me nā hawk. E ho'āʻo e hoʻolimalima ma kahi o hoʻokahi hapa awakea e hele ai Rim Drive, 33 mau mile o ke nānā aku a me nā ala hele. Eʻikeʻoe iā Discovery Point - kahi i huli ai nā mea minima gula ma ka makahiki 1853 - aʻo Wizard Island, i kapaʻia kona inoa me ka mahalo i kona likeʻana me ka pāpale. E mālama pono i kāu kamepiula i Castle Crest Wildflower Trail no kahiʻalaʻala a nani o nā pua nani a me nā ululāʻau ulu.
ʻO ka pono eʻikeʻiaʻo Mount Scott Trail, kahi i manaʻoʻiaʻo kaʻoihana nani loa o ka papa e piʻi i nā mileʻelua ma mua o ka pae kiʻekiʻe loa o ka pana a hāʻawi iā ia i ka nānā aku i Crater Lake. Aʻoiaiʻo ka holoʻana e hōʻike i ka nani o ka pana mai ka honua mai,ʻaʻole pono nā malihini e haʻalele i kāna noi mai ka wai. Hiki iāʻoe kahiʻokoʻa waʻa e hōʻike i kahiʻokoʻa loa o nā'alewai, nā canyons, a me nā pali. Heʻike nā Crater Lake eʻike aʻike i nā mea a pau i hoʻokahi manawa.
07 o 07
Kau i kāu kauwela!
ʻEiwa OK / Getty Images ʻO ka kauwela kahi manawa nui loa e hele ai i waho a mahalo i nā mea a pau e hāʻawiʻia e ka'āina. A hoʻomaikaʻi aku i nā paka'āina, he mea maʻalahi ke hana pēlā. No laila e kāohi i kou piluna a me kāu kamepiula a hele aku i kēia mau wahi hoʻokūkū no ka nui o nā manawa e hiki ai ke hoʻomoana, holo kaʻa, kekeke, moku, iʻa,ʻauʻau, aʻoi aku! E hauʻoli!