点评:We traveled to visit this fort on a Friday morning. North of Altoona as you’re driving to the fort you go through farmland, Amish farmland we saw Amish in horse and buggy. So we were a bit curious as to the origins of this fort. And when we got there, there was not a car in sight. It was desolate, empty. There is a parking lot and a few outbuildings and then you do see the fort which you can view from the parking lot however nobody was there. There were no guests. We decided to venture to one of the outbuildings and found that the door was open and there was a worker inside at the cash register by himself in a gift shop. And we asked about the tours and it was either $10 per person to tour yourself or $10 for him to be your guided tour. But nothing was going on at the fort. There was nothing there. Now there might be things there on other times and it’s probably best to go during an event when I suspect it’s more lively. But if you like forts and you want to be the only one there with no other docents or artisans or craftsman who talk about the fort and their profession back in the day during the hey-day of the fort, then it would be an OK trip for you.
I’ve visited other forts and this one was disappointing because nothing was going on. Maybe we hit it at a wrong time on a Friday.
Unfortunately, we will not be traveling back to see if the fort has something going on. There are other forts that are well managed.
翻译:我们周五早上驱车前往参观这座堡垒。从阿尔图纳往北,开车去堡垒的路上会经过农田,主要是阿米什人的农田,我们看到阿米什人驾着马车。所以我们对这座堡垒的历史感到有些好奇。然而,当我们到达那里时,却发现空无一人,一片荒凉。堡垒有一个停车场和几间附属建筑,从停车场就能看到它,但那里空无一人,没有游客。我们决定去其中一间附属建筑看看,发现门开着,里面有个礼品店,收银台前只有一个工作人员。我们询问了参观事宜,得知自助游览或由他带队参观都需要10美元。但堡垒里什么也没有,空无一人。也许在其他时间会有活动,最好是在举办活动的时候去,那时应该会更热闹一些。但如果你喜欢堡垒,并且想独自一人静静地参观,没有其他讲解员、工匠或手艺人讲述堡垒昔日的风貌和他们的职业,那么这趟旅行或许还不错。
我去过其他堡垒,这座堡垒让我很失望,因为什么活动都没有。也许是我们周五去的时间不对。
很遗憾,我们不会再去看看这座堡垒是否有什么活动了。还有其他一些管理得很好的堡垒。