U-Robert no-Phyllis Johnson abakwazanga ukuthola iqembu labo ngoMgqibelo e-Old Cowtown.
“Bekufanele sihlangane lapha emini bese sibuyela ebhasini, kodwa asazi ukuthi bonke abanye bakuphi,” kusho uPhyllis Johnson.
Bonke abanye beqembu ohambweni lwezithuthuthu besuka eLouisiana babehlangene futhi banquma ukuthi abafuni ukuhamba.
“Besifuna ukuhlala isikhathi eside,” kusho uFrances Ross. “Lena indawo ethakazelisa kakhulu.”
Iqembu eligibele ibhasi le-Diamond Tours eliya ekhaya lisuka e-Colorado Springs belifuna ukuhlala libukele i-Dixie Lee Saloon Girls esaluni kanye nesibhamu se-Cowtown Cowboys phakathi nomcimbi wale mpelasonto we-Celebrate America kumnyuziyamu womlando wokuphila wenkathi yama-1870s.
Ibhasi labavakashi elimhlophe elihlezi endaweni yokupaka e-Old Cowtown liwuphawu lokuthi ukukhangwa kwe-Wichita, okuye kwadonsa kanzima eminyakeni yamuva, izama kanjani ukudonsa izivakashi.
Uhambo lwezithuthuthu luya eMelika emaphakathi ukuthi injani imikhumbi yokuya ezindaweni zokungcebeleka zasolwandle, iletha amaqembu amakhulu abavakashi endaweni eyodwa.
Ukuma kosuku olulodwa eqenjini labavakashi kukhulisa umnotho wendawo ngo-$2,536 kuya ku-$4,563, ngokocwaningo olwenziwa yiGeorge Washington University lwe-American Bus Association. Iqembu elihlala ubusuku obubili lichitha kufika ku-$16,000.
"Lena indawo ekahle kakhulu lapho usendleleni eya ezindaweni ezifana neDakotas," kusho uCassie Fahey, oxhumanisa ukuvakasha kwabagibeli bezithuthuthu e-Cowtown.
UFahey uthe i-Old Cowtown ibone ukukhula kokuvakashelwa kwamabhasi, ikakhulukazi e-Florida-based Diamond Tours eminyakeni embalwa edlule. Yize isimo somnotho sintenga, ibhizinisi lokuvakasha kwamabhasi e-Old Cowtown libonakala lizinzile kuze kube manje.
“Ekuqaleni, babefuna indawo yokuma badle ukudla kwasemini ngamaSonto,” kusho uFahey. “Hhayi-ke, kwaze kwasemini ngamaSonto asizange sivule, ngakho sanquma ukuthi sivule kusenesikhathi ukuze sihambise amabhasi.”
NgoMgqibelo, amalungu ohambo ashaye ujenga ukuze athathe isithombe sawo no-Abraham Lincoln owayelingisa kabusha u-Tom Leahy, futhi ashaya izandla futhi anyathela amaculo e-Dixie Lee Saloon Girls.
"Lokhu kufana ngempela nokuba sedolobhaneni lase-Old West," kusho uRoss.
Ukukhula kokuvakasha kwamabhasi kanye nokuqashwa kwesikhungo sokwamukela abantu kusizile ukuletha imali emnyuziyamu, kusho umxhumanisi wemicimbi ekhethekile u-Rick Rekoske.
“Sinomshado lapha namuhla kusihlwa,” esho uMgqibelo.
Ukubhukha kwama-reception neminye imicimbi kukhuphuke ngemuva kokuthi imyuziyamu isuse i-Diamond W Wranglers kanye nesidlo sabo sakusihlwa se-chuckwagon kusuka esikhungweni sezivakashi kuya epaki. Lokho kwavula isikhungo sezivakashi ukuze kube nemicimbi yokwamukela izivakashi nemicimbi.
Imicimbi ekhethekile, efana ne-Celebrate America, kanye ne-Women of the West umcimbi ohlelelwe u-August nawo usiza ukuheha izivakashi epaki.
I-Celebrate America, umcimbi woSuku Lokuzimela lwasemnyuziyamu, bekuwumcimbi waminyaka yonke kwaze kwaba wunyaka odlule, lapho wama khona.
Kodwa ibuyile kulo nyaka inezici ezintsha, ezihlanganisa i-derby yokudoba nezintandokazi zendabuko ezifana ne-anvil shoot.
"I-anvil shoot ihlinzeka ngokuqhuma okukhulu, futhi abantu bayakuthanda lokho," kusho uRekoske.
