Kutasva uchitenderedza kukwira

Vhiki rekupedzisira ndakafambisa bhasikoro ndichishandisa South Okanagan-West Kootenay kwemwedzi yechishanu gumi nemaviri akateedzana. Ini ndinotora mazuva manomwe kuti ndigadzire nzira nemigwagwa mikuru, ndichimira kumakamuri uye nzvimbo dzekudyira padivi penzira yakanakisa yekugutsa nevamiriri uye ndofamba navo munzira dzavo. Iyi mwedzi gumi nemiviri ndakatarisira kugutsa munzvimbo dzekunze-nzvimbo nzvimbo yatingazokurukura kure. Uye nekukurumidza apo zvakare rwendo rwacho rwakararama zvakanyanya sekutarisira kwarwo - hurukuro dzakanaka pamhando dzese dzenyaya, mamiriro ekunze akanaka uye nharaunda dzakapoterera mukati meiyi yakanaka kushandisa.

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. Nechikonzero chekuti Christie Mountain hearth yanga ichitsva uye neEmergency Operations Center yaive yakamira chete, ndakaendesa gurukota kuEOC kunopokana nenzvimbo yekurwisa uye kubvisa mhinduro nemakirasi akawanikwa kubva makore apfuura.

Mushure mekumira kwechando-ice cream muOkanagan Falls uye masikati muOliver, ndakawanazve mukati memotokari kuOsoyoos ndokutyaira kuHuge White, kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kwese kwekushandisa. Ndakasangana nevanhu vemuno bhizinesi pakudya kwemangwanani mangwanani akatevera, ndikazotengazve nzira yeKVR paMcCulloch ndokuchovha bhasikoro makiromita makumi matanhatu kuenda Beaverdell.

Takasangana nezvikwata zvinoverengeka zvevanofamba nemabhasikoro munzira avo vese vakarumbidza nzira asi vachikurudzira zvine mutsindo kuti kana kwete zvinochengetwa mumamiriro epamusoro evaichovha mabhasikoro. KuCarmi takapa BC Wildfire yekutarisa ichichengetedza vanhu kunze kweCarmi Creek nzvimbo iyo nzvimbo yemoto yaipisa. Mukadzi aichengeta cheki yacho akazadzwa nemubairo kune vepasi nevashandi vepamhepo vachirwisa choto uye imwe paSolomon Mountain mupata wese.

Pamusoro pe pizza muRock Creek ndakave nekukurumidza kutaurirana neyekuzvarwa fakisheni wechikoro nezve makoreji kuvhurwa uye akawedzera kukurukura namuvakidzani muzvinabhizimusi maererano nemaonero ari nani emari yeBeaverdell sevanhu vanoenda nekudzokorora mukati meiyo yakanakisa inonakidza chinhu nezve iyo West Kettle Mupata.

Zuva rakatevera ini ndakaramba ndichidzika nenzira yeKVR kuenda kuRock Creek, iyo nzvimbo yandakatarisa iyo nyowani Riverside Center, inowedzera inonakidza kuwedzera kunharaunda inopa vatengi data, 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 seEholt uye pasi chaiko Grand Forks. Ciel nenyasha akandikweretesa mafuta-akaneta e-bhasikoro, achizivisa kuti pasi pechikamu ichi chiri muchimiro chinotyisa uye chakaoma 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 venzvimbo yemota. Nekuda kwematai emafuta aya (uye magetsi emagetsi anobatsira!), Ndakasvika pakudya kwemasikati muGrand Forks nenguva iyo rimwe boka rakanga raungana kuzokurukura panzira yemugwagwa pamwe nenyaya dzinotangira pazvinhu zvakapoteredzwa ne5G cell tower kuburitsa kune zvematongerwo enyika mune chero kuremekedza masera.

Ndakadonhedza mutengesi mutsva webhasikoro mudhorobha reGrand Forks kuti nditaure nemuridzi wemba nezvekurudzira kuchovha (zvitoro zvebhasikoro munzvimbo dzese zvakadzvanywa nevebhizinesi muECVID yese) nepo ini ndichiongorora 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. Inofadza nzira!

Richard Cannings ndiye nhengo yeParamende yeSouth Okanagan-West Kootenay