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一 |     坝上乌兰布统露营好去处，拥抱草浪落日与漫天星空     在坝上草原的旅行清单里，乌兰布统一直是绕不开的名字。    Mike McCarter knows his American history almost as well as he knows his Bible. His family has lived and worshipped in Oregon for four generations. "The only time I lived out of the state was during the Vietnam War when I was in the military," he said.But his Oregon may not be the Oregon you're thinking of, the one with the misty rugged coastline, pinot noir wineries, and its loyally Blue politics. McCarter lives in the town of La Pine, in the state's rural and more sparsely populated part – the Red side of Oregon.

     "It's almost like the Grand Canyon goes right along the Cascade Range," he told correspondent Lee Cowan. "It is a big divide."What that means politically, he says, is that the Blue part of Western Oregon always outweighs the Eastern part's Red.  "In talking to a legislator over in the Portland area, I said, 'The legislature doesn't listen to our people, our representatives over here.' He said, 'Whoa whoa whoa, stop, Mike. We hear what they're staying. We just out-vote you.'"                 So, McCarter decided to look for greener pastures - or in this case, at least ones a little more red. Last fall, when "Sunday Morning" first met McCarter, he was spearheading a campaign called Move Oregon's Border. The group had been busy introducing ballot measures all across the state asking voters about the idea of pushing the urban, Blue bits of Oregon into a smaller but still populous state, and then taking the rural Red bits and creating what would be part of a more expansive Idaho.

             

Sandie Gilson owns a real estate business in rural John Day, Oregon, which is closer to Boise than it is Portland in virtually every way. She told Cowan, "When you have a government that won't listen to the opposition, or take into account those of us that live out here, then we have no government representation."Cowan asked Gilson, "Are you optimistic that you think you have a chance?""I look at it like the American Revolution was a big hurdle to make, and they did it," she replied.                      It'd been a year since "Sunday Morning" visited, so Cowan went back, to find out how things stood. Back then, nine counties had voted in favor of considering making Eastern Oregon part of Idaho.  Now, that number is up 12, with another set to vote next May.

             

"We're getting into people's heads about this," McCarter said.As for Idaho, well, it's at least open to discussions. This past spring Idaho's state representatives  approved a measure to begin a dialogue with Oregon over whether and how to redraw their common boundary. But so far, McCarter said Oregon is playing hard to get, at least in public. "We've heard from behind the scenes, 'Wait a minute, if we fund a bridge in Eastern Oregon, why would be we do that if it's going to become Idaho?'" he said. But the opposition has swung into gear, too. A Portland non-profit called Western States Center is branding the move a "radical change" that would raise taxes and cut wages. Comparing it to Oregon's past white nationalists hate groups, one ad declares, "Members of Patriot Group, a white nationalist hate group, support a secession. Makes you wonder: Why are violent extremists pushing for secession?"Their message: If rural conservatives don't like Oregon's urban liberal leanings, well, don't move the border, move themselves instead.                      McCarter said, "We're not running away from the problem, we're not going to run away and move to Idaho. We're going to deal with the problem right here and now."There are a lot of details still to be ironed out, and the devil is in every one of them. Not to mention the fact that actually changing the border would require both Oregon and Idaho to agree, and would then need approval by the U.S. Congress.Richard Kreitner, author of the book "Break It Up: Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America's Imperfect Union," says it's hardly a new idea: "I don't think that we should act like state lines are written in stone. We should look at them and say, 'Does this actually make sense?'

             

"Secession has always been there. Catholics lived in Maryland, debtors lived in Georgia, you know, Puritans lived in New England. They were kind of separate to begin with. And that's why they wanted nothing to do with one another.""So, it's really woven into our DNA?" asked Cowan. "Absolutely. There's nothing sacred about Oregon. There's nothing sacred about Delaware or my native New Jersey, in my opinion. You know, these are just kind of inherited forms."Mike McCarter will be the first to tell you that moving Oregon's border is radical. But, he says, if we've learned anything about our politics in the last several years, it's that "conventional" seems so yesterday.                      "I mean, as fast as things are changing in this country right now, why can't we?" he said. "Why can't people still have the right to vote for who governs them?"
       For more info:

• GreaterIdaho.org
• "Break It Up: Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America's Imperfect Union" by Richard Kreitner (Little, Brown and Co.), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org
• richardkreitner.com
• Western States Center

     
Story produced by Michelle Kessel. Editor: Remington Korper.                                  

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。但很多人不知道，除了驱车穿越起伏的草甸、在影视基地打卡同款机位，这里还有一种更松弛的打开方式——把帐篷扎进草原深处，等一场落日把天边染成橘粉色，再枕着漫天星光入睡。这次带娃在甘丹驼城游牧文化景区里，意外发现的小矮人精灵牧场，恰好满足了我对草原露营的全部想象。    把家搬进草浪里：从一顶白色帐篷开始的午后     从景区入口沿着缓坡往里走，视线会先被一片开阔的草地吸引。小矮人精灵牧场的露营区就散落在这片草浪之间，不是那种规整划一的营地，而是让白色帐篷、露营桌椅和散养的动物们自然地“长”在草地上。我们抵达时正是下午三点多，阳光把草尖镀成金色，几头小矮马在帐篷不远处低头吃草，偶尔甩甩尾巴，完全不介意旁边支起的天幕和正在煮茶的炉子。    这种露营体验和城市近郊的营地很不一样，少了些刻意营造的精致感，多了几分草原自带的旷野气息。孩子们在草地上追着蝴蝶跑，大人则瘫在露营椅里，看云影从远处的山丘上缓缓滑过。帐篷里备好了寝具和照明设备，不需要自己动手搭建，真正做到了“拎包入住”。如果时间充裕，建议在这里待到傍晚——当太阳开始往西沉，整个牧场会被笼罩在一种柔和的暖光里，那是拍照和发呆都合适的时刻。    住进童话的坐标：霍比特小屋与巨型艺术装置     如果说露营区是草原的“松弛面”，那牧场深处的霍比特小屋集群就是它的“童话面”。圆滚滚的木门、矮矮的窗棂、铺满花草的屋顶，一栋栋小屋错落分布在草坡上，像是从绘本里直接搬出来的场景。小屋门口有小矮人NPC驻守，穿着毛毡斗篷、戴着尖顶帽，见到小朋友会主动挥手打招呼，还会蹲下来和孩子们平视着聊天。这种不刻意的互动方式，比单纯的拍照打卡更有温度，孩子甚至会主动拉着“小矮人”的手，问他们是不是真的住在小屋里。    顺着小屋间的步道继续走，会陆续遇到几个大型艺术装置：微笑吊床悬在两棵树之间，人躺上去会随着微风轻轻晃动；巨大的亲吻爱心立在草坡上，是情侣和家庭合影的热门点位；还有白色相框、白房子等装置，每一处都留出了足够的构图空间。这些装置和草原环境融合得恰到好处，不会觉得突兀，反而成了点缀在绿野上的视觉锚点。建议穿浅色系衣服来拍照，和白色装置、绿色草甸的搭配更出片。    萌宠零距离：一场关于信任的互动课     牧场里很让孩子走不动道的，当属萌宠乐园。这里的小动物种类不少：小矮马、小矮牛、小矮驴、小矮羊，还有梅花鹿、羊驼、马鹿、小骆驼，甚至还有一头草原狼（被安全隔离在围栏内）。和普通动物园不同，这里的动物大多可以零距离接触——工作人员会提供专门的饲料，孩子们可以亲手投喂小羊，抚摸羊驼柔软的毛发，或者蹲下来和小矮马对视。    让我印象很深的是，牧场在互动环节的设计上很注意分寸感。

二 | 每种动物都有独立的活动区域，不会出现拥挤或争抢食物的场面；工作人员会在一旁引导孩子用正确的方式接近动物，比如先伸出手背让动物闻一闻，再慢慢抚摸。这种体验对孩子来说，不只是一次“看动物”的行程，更是一堂关于尊重与信任的自然课。我家小朋友在喂小矮羊时，发现羊群会跟着他手里的饲料桶走，兴奋得来回跑了好几趟，很后干脆坐在草地上，让几只小羊围着他蹭来蹭去。    从滑草到Cosplay：草原上的N种玩法     除了静态的露营和萌宠互动，牧场里还有不少能让孩子充分放电的动态项目。滑草区从草坡顶端延伸下来，坐在滑草板上俯冲而下，风从耳边呼啸而过，大人小孩都能玩得尽兴。无动力游乐区则更考验孩子的协调性——摇床秋千、龙蛇秋千、连排秋千、高秋千一字排开，还有滑梯和攀爬网，几个孩子凑在一起就能自发组织一场“闯关比赛”。    如果喜欢角色扮演，可以在霍比特小屋附近的换装区租一套服饰，从小精灵、小矮人到草原风格的装扮都有。

三 | 换上衣服后再走进小屋集群，童话氛围感会直接拉满，拍照的素材也能多出好几组。牧场里偶尔还会有Cosplay快闪活动，高颜值的Coser会穿着经典角色的服装穿行在景区里，遇到他们不妨合个影，算是旅程中的小惊喜。    关于行程安排，我的建议是留出半天到一天的时间给牧场。上午抵达后可以先玩萌宠乐园和滑草，中午在露营区休息用餐，下午趁着光线柔和去霍比特小屋和艺术装置区拍照，傍晚回到露营区等落日，晚上如果天气好，还能看到草原上格外清晰的星空。如果时间充裕，可以搭配甘丹驼城游牧文化景区的其他项目一起游玩，让整趟草原之旅的内容更丰富。    离开的时候，回头看了一眼暮色中的牧场，白色帐篷的灯光次第亮起，像散落在草地上的星星。孩子们在车上还在讨论明天要再来喂哪只小羊，而我已经开始期待，下一次在草原的星空下醒来。

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