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Kushandisa mhiri kwekutyaira - Nelson Star
Vhiki rekupedzisira ndakafamba nemabhasikoro ndichiyendesa kuSouth Okanagan-West Kootenay kwemwedzi yechishanu gumi nemaviri akateedzana. Ini ndinotora mazuva manomwe kuti ndigadzire nzira nemigwagwa mikuru, ndichimira kumakamuri uye nzvimbo dzekudyira padivi penzira yekuzadzikisa nenharaunda uye nekufamba navo munzira dzavo. Iyi mwedzi gumi nemiviri ndakatarisira kuzadzisa munzvimbo dzekunze nzvimbo iyo yatingataure kure. Uye nekukurumidza apo zvakare rwendo rwacho rwakararama zvakanyanya sekutarisira kwarwo - hurukuro dzakanaka pamhando dzese dzenyaya, yakanaka mamiriro ekunze uye nharaunda dzakapoteredza mukati mekutyaira kwakanaka uku.
Ndakatanga rwendo nevamwe vaviri vaichovha bhasikoro kuGlenfir, anenge makiromita masere kuchamhembe kweNaramata munzira yeKettle Valley Railway. Takasvika muPenticton munguva yekudya kwemangwanani uye kushamisika kuenda kuna Mike Farnworth, BC Gurukota rePublic Security. Nekuti nzvimbo yemoto yeChristie Mountain yanga ichitsva uye neEmergency Operations Center yaive nzvimbo iri kure, ndakatora gurukota kuEOC kunopokana nenzvimbo yekudzivirira moto uye kupukunyuka mhinduro nemakirasi akaonekwa kubva makore apfuura.
Mushure mekumira kwechando-ice cream muOkanagan Falls uye masikati muOliver, ndakatenga zvakare mukati memotokari kuOsoyoos ndokutyaira kuenda kuHuge White, kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kwekutyaira. Ndakasangana nevanhu vemuno bhizinesi pakudya kwekuseni mangwanani akatevera, ndikazotengazve nzira yeKVR kuMcCulloch ndokuchovha bhasikoro makiromita makumi matanhatu kuenda Beaverdell.
Takasangana nezvikwata zvinoverengeka zvevanofamba nemabhasikoro munzira avo vese vakarumbidza nzira asi vachikurudzira zvine mutsindo kuti kana kwete inochengetwa munzvimbo yepamusoro kune vanofamba nemabhasikoro. KuCarmi takapa BC Wildfire yekutarisa ichichengetedza vanhu kunze kweCarmi Creek nzvimbo iyo nzvimbo yaive ichipisa. Musikana aibata cheki yekutarisa akazadzwa nemubairo kune vepasi uye vashandi vepamhepo vanodzivirira nzvimbo yemoto uye imwe paSolomon Mountain mupata wese.
Pamusoro pe pizza muRock Creek ndakave nekutaurirana mupfupi neanozvarwa koreji mukuru pamusoro pemakoreji kuvhurwa uye akawedzera kutaura nemuzvinabhizimusi wemunharaunda maererano nemaonero ari nani emari yeBeververdell sevanhu vanoenda nekudzokororazve mukati meiyo yakachena inonakidza chinhu nezve iyo West Kettle Mupata.
Zuva rakatevera ini ndakaramba ndichidzika nenzira yeKVR kuenda kuRock Creek, nzvimbo yandakatarisa iyo nyowani Riverside Center, inowedzera inonakidza kuwedzera kunharaunda iyo inopa ruzivo rwevatengi, makambani enharaunda, nzira dzekushandira uye makambani ekubhengi anopiwa neOsoyoos Chikwereti mamaki Mubatanidzwa. Takadya chirariro paKeg neKettle Grill muHalfway, resitorendi nyowani iri kuita bhizimusi rinobudirira muzviitiko zvakaoma.
Mangwanani echina ndakasangana naCiel Sander, wekuzvarwa nzira murongi, parwendo rwakawanda saEholt uye nekudzika kusvika kuGran Forks. Ciel nenyasha akandikweretesa mafuta ake vhiri ebike, achitaura kuti pasi pechikamu ichi chiri muchimiro chinotyisa uye chinonetsa kumabhasikoro enguva dzose sangu.
Nhengo dzeGrand Forks nhengo yekutenderera vakasangana nesu padhuze neEholt (pakati peiyo yakasviba Hodges Tunnel kunyatsoita!) Uye vakaona dambudziko mukuchengetedza matombo uye jecha zvikamu zvemugwagwa painogovaniswa nevashanyi vemota. Nekuda kwematai emafuta aya (uye magetsi emagetsi anobatsira!), Ndakasvika pakudya kwemasikati muGrand Forks nenguva iyo rimwe boka rakanga raungana kuzokurukura panzira yepatio nenyaya dzinotangira pazvinhu zvakapoteredzwa ne5G cell tower kuburitsa kune zvematongerwo enyika mune chero kuremekedza masosi.
Ndakadonhedza pamutengesi mutsva webhasikoro mudhorobha reGrand Forks kuti nditaure nemuridzi wemba nezvekurudzira kuchovha (mabhizimusi emabhasikoro pese pese akakundwa nemabhizimusi muECVID yese) nepo ndakanyatsoongorora e-bikes nematai emafuta.
Sezvo Grand Forks yakaratidzira chikamu chepakati cherwendo rwangu, ikozvino iri danho rinobudirira kuputira iyi ikholamu uye ini ndichagumisa mushumo svondo rinotevera. Nzira dzinofadza!
Richard Cannings ndiye nhengo yeParamende yeSouth Okanagan-West Kootenay