Chimwe chinhu icho Pinellas County inopinda nokuda kwayo ndiyo Gulf yayo yepamhenderekedzo dzepasi - zvisina kufanira zvimwe zvezvakanakisa muFlorida. Ndine chokwadi kuti wakanzwa nezvavo. Clearwater Beach, Indian Rocks Beach, Madeira Beach, Treasure Island, St. Pete Beach uye ngatirege kukanganwa Caladesi Island inonzi yakakurumbira, Fort DeSoto uye Honeymoon Island mabhiri. Kufunga nezvenharaunda yacho kwakagadzirirwa kumativi matatu nemvura yeTampa Bay neGulf of Mexico, inoita kuti idikanwe kune avo vanoda kugara pedyo kana pedyo nemvura.
Nemhaka yeiyo, Pinellas County ine 24 inosanganisira masunharaunda ari muhuwandu kubva ku 59 chete mu Belleair Shores kusvika kune 240 000 muSt. Petersburg. Chechitatu chemasimende makuru kuna Largo, ine nzvimbo inosvika pasi pemakiromita gumi nematanhatu emakiromita uye vanhu vanenge makumi manomwe nemakumi manomwe, inotarirwa kumaodzanyemba kweSudwater pakati nepakati.
Ukuru hwa Largo uye nzvimbo hazvikwanisi zvakakwana kune dzimwe mataundi maduku ndave ndakataura mu " Small Towns" Yangu Zvinoshamisa . Mushure mezvose, haisi kubva panzira yakarohwa. Hazvirevi kuti hazvirevi kana kufadza. Asi pane chimwe chinhu ... chizere nezvishamiso.
Pamberi kwechando ichi, ndaifunga kuti ndaiziva zvose zvaifanira kuziva nezve Largo. Hama yangu, iyo yekare IT IT Guide for About.com, inongoitika chete kurarama muLargo. Paunenge waputira ipapo, waidya ipapo, uye wakaramba uri mumugwagwa ikoko. Ndezvipi zvimwe zvaifanira kuitwa? Zvakawanda.
Pinewood Cultural Park
Largo iri pedyo nepamhenderekedzo yepamhenderekedzo yegungwa ndeyekuwedzera.
Ndiyo makiromita mashanu kubva kumba kwehanzvadzi yangu kuenda kuIndia Rocks Beach. Zvinoshamisa kuti iye ari pedyo zvikuru kupfuura iyo kune imwe yePinellas County's pfuma - Pinewood Cultural Park.
Maererano nebhurocha rayo, Pinewood Cultural Park ndeyokuti "Kuno Mhuka, Art uye History Dzinouya Pamwechete." Zvechokwadi. Paki inowirirana neFlorida Botanical Gardens uye Heritage Village munenge mahekreti makumi maviri ematunhu emunharaunda.
Kunyanya kunakidza kwevatatu ndiyo Heritage Village, 21-acre inogara nhoroondo yemamamiti inove nemasvingo makumi maviri nemasere akachengetedzwa zvakanaka akaiswa munharaunda yemapine uye palmetto landscape. Sezvaunofamba-famba mumigwagwa yakawanda kana yakatsvuka, iwe unodzidza nezvepfuura yeFlorida kuburikidza nehupenyu hwevagari vePinellas Park vepakutanga. Pakati pezvivako makumi maviri nemasere, uchaona chigadzirwa chekare kudarika muPinellas County, wekare kudarika aigara-mumba medu muPinellas County, imba yekamuri imwe chete, chigadziko chegomba uye nzvimbo yekutanga yeguta yakazara negaraji rebasa uye barbershop. Zvimwe zvivako zvakasununguka kuvanhu uye zvimwe zvinoshandiswa kutungamira.
Mukati yeVasitori Information Center mune makamuri maviri ezviratidziro-imwe inofanirwa neFlorish industries yakapfuura uye yemazuva ano uye imwe ine ine zviratidzo zvezvinhu zvepfuma kubva munguva yakapfuura nemaoko-kuhara nzvimbo iyo vana vanofarira. Kwechizvarwa chevana vakakurira nemagetsi emagetsi, ndiani angambofungidzira kuti kuputira mbatya pachitsiko chembatya kana kushamba ndiro nemaoko kunogona kunge kunonakidza?
Iyo inobatanidza 150-acre Florida Botanical Gardens inoratidza huwandu hwakawanda hwekuFlorida nharaunda uye inopisa mbeu mumamiriro ezvisikwa, nzvimbo dzakanaka uye maitiro uye mashizha ari mumigwagwa yakarongwa nenzira.
Ikowo kumusha wePinellas County's Extension Services iyo yakawiri neYunivhesiti yeFlorida kupa zvikoro uye maoko-pamasangano anoratidza maitiro ekugadzira nyika.
Kunyange zvazvo kune nzvimbo yekupfeka yakaremara uye zvivako zvakakosha zvinosvikeka paPinewood Cultural Park, varwi vanochengetedza vane wheelchair vanogona kuwana kuenderera zvishoma mu Heritage Village. Izvo zvitsvuku zvidhinha nzira dzisina kufanana uye nzira dzakawanda dzinogona kunge dzakanyorova mushure memvura. Uyewo, shoma shoma chete yezvivako ndeyechikwata chekufambisa.
Largo Central Park neCultural Center
Largo inosvika 640 maekare emapaki, neCentral Park ichive chikuru. Yakasikwa panzvimbo yeiyo yekare yakasununguka, iyo inenge iri pakati peguta, nzvimbo ye70-acre inosanganisira 31-acre Largo Central Park, iyo yakavhurwa muna 1994 ine nzvimbo dzakasununguka dzakasununguka, nzvimbo yayo yekucherechedza yakasimbiswa, uye matsime.
Inosanganisira nzvimbo yakanakisa yevheti yevana uye picnic mapfumo kuitira kuti vose vafare.
Pamwoyo weharaunda iyi ndiyo Largo Cultural Center yakazarurwa mugore ra1996 uye inopa vanhu vomunharaunda vachigara mafirimu uye mimhanzi. Uye, muna 2005, gwaro idzva remahofisi ehurumende yepamusoro-soro rakasvika 90,300, rakagadzirwa panzvimbo yekushandira nharaunda.
The Pinellas Trail
Yakagadzirwa kubva kumakiromita makumi maviri nemazana emakiromita akasiyiwa CSX gwara rakarurama-ye-nzira, iyo Pinellas Trail inopa nzvimbo nevagari nevashanyi mukana wekunakidzwa nekunze. Seimwe yepamusoro 10 Florida greenways nemigwagwa, iwe uchawana ma-skaters, joggers, uye mabhasikoro anoshandisa nzvimbo yakajeka yemigwagwa isina.
The Bottom Line
Largo iri pedyo nezvose ... kunyange zvisikwa. Zvose zvepaki dzinofadza zvinopa zvishoma zvisingagumi kune zvakabuda kunze. Kunyange zvazvo ini ndisingafungi kuti Largo getaway nzvimbo iri yoga, kana iwe uri kushanyira imwe nzvimbo yePinellas County dzakanaka kwazvo, Largo's Pinewood Cultural Park kana Central Park zvechokwadi inofanirwa kuongorora chimwe chinhu chekuita mamwe masikati.
Mirayiridzo
Largo iri muPinellas County. Nzira dzepamusoro 686 (Roosevelt Boulevard uye East & West Bay Drive) uye 688 (Ulmerton Road) ndiyo nzira dzakakwirira dzinodarika kuburikidza neLargo munzira inoenda ku Belleair neIndia Rocks mabhiri.