Ba dole ba ne ka je zuwa nisa don ganin yawancin ƙaura na biyu na kasar. Sai kawai ka hau arewa daga St. Louis zuwa babban Ruwa na Ruwa har zuwa Alton da Grafton, Illinois. A kowace shekara, dubban gaggafa suna ƙaura zuwa yankin. Sun zo don kifin da ke cikin ruwan sanyi na Mississippi da Illinois Rivers. Tsuntsaye zasu fara a ƙarshen Disamba kuma su zauna har zuwa Maris, saboda haka akwai lokaci mai yawa don yin wani sauƙi na kallo. Da ke ƙasa akwai wasu wurare masu kyau don ganin kulluka a yankin St. Louis.
01 na 06
Cibiyar Siyasa Alton
Tsarinku na farko don ƙarin koyo game da kula da gaggawa ya zama cibiyar Cibiyar Alton. Cibiyar Gidan Gida ta tsakiya da Greets inda za ku iya kallon idon gaggawa daga Birnin Birtaniya na Birtaniya. Hakanan zaka iya sa hannu don ziyartar birane shiryayye ko karbi kwafin cibiyar kula da mai duba na gaggawa ta tsakiya kafin ka fita don yin wani bincike na naka. Cibiyar baƙi tana a 200 Piasa Street a Alton.
02 na 06
Brussels Ferry
Yankin da ke kusa da Brussels Ferry ya jawo hankulan gaggawa masu yawa a duk lokacin hunturu, amma hawa a cikin jirgin ruwa shi ne kwarewa da kanta ba dole ba a rasa shi. Gidan jiragen ruwa na kasa yana kan hanyar Great River, kilomita daya daga yammacin Grafton da kilomita hudu a gabashin filin Park Marquette State. Yana ƙetare Kogin Illinois kowace rana (yanayin ba da damar). Kawai ka motsa motarka kuma ka bar jiragen ruwa suyi aiki. Tafiya a fadin kogin kawai tana ɗaukar mintoci kaɗan, amma zaka iya jira don shiga lokacin lokuta. Masu kiyaye lafiyar sun ce za ku ga gaggafa a kusa da Brussels da sauran jiragen jiragen ruwa saboda suna bugun ruwa kuma suna kawo kifi a gefe domin gaggafa su ci.
03 na 06
Rahotan Kasa na Kasa na Biyu na Rivers
Da zarar ka haye Kogin Illinois a kan filin jirgin saman Brussels, sai ka yi tafiya a cikin nisan kilomita zuwa yamma da ƙofar Gudun Hijira ta Kasa ta Biyu. Wannan masoya 8,500-acre na gida ne ga ƙananan bishiyoyi da sauran tsuntsaye masu hijira, da nau'in haɗari da ƙananan kifi. Cibiyar baƙi tana da tashar tashar jiragen ruwa da ke da tsalle-tsalle masu tsayi, ko kuma ya kawo kwallunku kuma ya yi tafiya tare da Gilbert Lake Hiking Trail don tsinkaye.
04 na 06
Melvin Price Locks da Dam
Babban aikin aikin Melvin Price Locks da Dam shine kiyaye jiragen ruwa na kan iyaka a kan kogin Mississippi, amma kuma shi ne wani ɓangare na Babban Gida na Birnin Audubon Society. Ana kusa da kudu na Clark Bridge kusa da Alton. Lokacin da kuka ziyarci, ku duba Babban Tarihin Gidan Gida na Kasa na gaba. Gidan kayan gargajiya yana da duk abin da kuke son so ya san game da kogin Mississippi da tasirinsa akan yankin St. Louis. A gidan kayan gargajiya, zaka iya sa hannu don duba kyauta na kullun da dam ko halarci taron gaggawa na musamman a lokacin hunturu.
05 na 06
Yankin Jihar Pere Marquette
Pere Marquette, babban filin shakatawa a jihar Illinois, yana tsaye a yammacin Grafton a Jersey County. Za ku iya yin yawo ta cikin wasu kadada 8,000 don bincika gaggafa ko shiga daya daga cikin tafiya. Za'a fara saurin shakatawa a karfe 8:30 na safe a filin baƙi. Ana bukatan ajiyar wuri. Lokacin da kake shirye ka shiga cikin gida, ka dakata ta wurin gidan Maris Marquette Lod kuma ka dumi kanka a gaban gine-gine. Gidan kuma yana da kyau wurin zama idan kana so ka juya ranarka na gaggawa ta kallo cikin ziyarar mako.
06 na 06
Ginin Gida
Hasumiyar Tsaro ta kudu ne na Alton a ƙananan garin Hartford, Illinois. Amma wurinsa a lokacin ganawar Missouri da Mississippi Rivers ya zama wuri mai kyau don tsinkaye gaggafa. Hasumiya tana da dandamali a 50, 100 da 150 na ƙafa don kallo mai zurfi akan dukan kogi. Kar ka manta da su kawo binoculars don ra'ayoyi mafi kyau. Duk da yake a hasumiya, za ka iya koyo game da tarihin Lewis & Clark Expedition. Admission shine $ 6 ga manya da $ 4 ga yara.