Isithuthuthu
Ukuhamba ngesithuthuthu kwindudumo kukuphumla okuhlaziyayo kubomi bokwenyani
I-orenji kunye ne-nylon ye-beige yafaka ezam iingcinga kunye nengqondo, ndafakwa kwisibane esimenyezelayo nokuba sekumva kwemini ngobumnene. Bendihlala ndijonge ngaphakathi ngaphakathi kwintente yethu kodwa ndigxile kuzo zonke iindlela zam ezahlukeneyo kwinto eyenzeka ngaphandle engakhange ndibone.
Ndiyibalile imeko yesiphango ngokubala imizuzwana phakathi kombane neendudumo. Khange ithathe xesha lide, ngenxa yeendudumo zangxola zangqonga zisirhangqe kwangoko emva kombane.
Kuyabonakala ukuba yile ndlela sihamba ngayo.
Mna nomyeni wam sichithe iiveki ngokucokisekileyo silungiselela uhambo lwethu lokuhamba ngebhayisikile. Sigcinele inani leemeko kunye nezenzo, uku-odola kubonelela ngendlela ye-curbside pickup kuFred Meyer apha; i-odolo esekwe kwiwebhu kwi-REI apho.
Ukucwangcisa uhambo olucokisekileyo ngaphandle kohambo lwe-COVID-19 kuyadinisa. Nangona kunjalo besisazi ukuba siyakuxabisa ixesha elikude. Khange sihambe sisuswe endlwini ngesizathu sokuqala ubhubhane, kwaye le yaba kukudutyulwa kwethu kwiintsuku nobusuku obuninzi ngaphandle ezintabeni.
Besilayisha iibhayisekile zethu ngemithwalo eyahlukeneyo efakwe izixhobo zentente, amanzi kunye nokutya. Ikota yeyure yokuqala kuVuko lweNdlela yokuPhuma ku-Cooper Touchdown yazisa… imiceli mngeni. Ndiyayithanda ibhayisekile yam. Ndiyavuma. Kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo ibhayisekile enamavili amahlanu uSalsa Mukluk, ebonisa ukuba zonke iinyanga ezili-5 ezidlulayo oko ndiyithengileyo kunokubakho enye ibhayisekile enobunzima obuthile kwintengiso.
Ndanyamezela-yile nto sayisayinela, kwaye bendihlala ndisihogo kwi-bikepacking. Nangona kunjalo kubekho amacandelo amaninzi okuhamba ngebhayisekile njengoko ndityhala iivili zam ezinzima zasekhaya ndisiya phezulu ezintabeni.
Yonke ibhayisekile kaHarvey igcwele intente, igcwele ziipali zeorenji kufutshane neTrout Lake. UHarvey ucebisa ukuba ziboshwe ngokuqinileyo ngerabha kwiipali ngaphambi kokuzibophelela kwibhayisikile. (Umfanekiso ngu-Alli Harvey)
Ngosuku lwesibini bendihlala ndiyifumana, ubuncinci kumacandelo alula endlela. Sifumene inkampu entle kumazantsi eentaba azotywe ziintaba. Usuku lwaluluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kunye nokushisa okungalindelekanga. Inkampu yethu yafikelelwa ngumgaqo omfutshane ovela kumgaqo-siseko, ojikelezwe ngamadlelo kunye nokukhutshelwa kwamatyholo anendlela engaphakathi yentlalo ebonakala ngathi kuyonwabisa ukuyifumana njengomntwana.
Isenzo sethu sokuqala yayikukulungiselela intente yethu. Satsala iipali kunye nezinto ezivela kwiingxowa ezahlukeneyo zezinto kunye neerig kwiibhayisikile zethu. Njengokuba wayecofa iipali ngokudibeneyo, umyeni wam wabuza umbuzo obeka ithoni kwintsalela yasemva kwemini: "Indawo iphakathi?"
Ipali yeziko, kuba kwavela, yayikwindawo engqwabalala yendlela emayile enye okanye ngasemva kwethu indawo eyayiphume kwi-cinch yelastiki kwibhayisikile yam, nangona kunjalo sasingayazi loo nto kude kube kamva.
Ndichithe iyure elandelayo ndibetha isibonda sentente ngaphandle kwenduku endiyifumeneyo kwindawo yokuma kwamatyholo ngelixa umyeni wam ebuyisa indlela yethu. Ngethamsanqa, wafumanisa ipali eqaqambileyo yeorenji ngokukhawuleza kwaye waqengqeleka kwakhona enkampini njengoko bendihlala ndizama ukuqinisa intente.
Ngokuchaseneyo ukudibanisa kwam intonga ngokungagungqiyo kunye nepali esemgangathweni, kwaye kuvunyelwene ukuba akukho mdlalo. Intente yenyuka kwaye yafunyanwa isezantsi.
Emva kwexesha, xa kukhula kucaca ukuba amafu aqokelelene ngaphakathi kwintaba yokuhamba ayeyinto enye enkulu kunesiphepho semvula esiqhelekileyo, ndaye ndayijonga loo ntonga igobele ngengqiniba ngokungathi ibambe intente ngaphambili. Ndaziva ndithotywe yindlela esibe nethamsanqa ngayo ekufumaneni laa pole.
Kwakungaqhelekanga. Kwicala elinye kuthi isibhakabhaka sasikhazimla ngombala oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kunye nobushushu, sikhanyisa mushy engenakubalwa ye-tundra engenamava kunye nathi. Kwelinye icala, isibhakabhaka sasicinezeleke ngokunzulu ngombala obumfusa kangangokuba ndingothuswa kukuwubona usekhaya lam, ngaphandle kweengcinga ezivela kwinkampu yealpine.
Sava isandi sendudumo. Iibhulukhwe zemvula neebhatyi zemvula zaqhubeka. Ngenxa yokuba umoya otshabalalisayo utshayele inkampu yethu kwaye wazisa imvula yokuqala, sayibeka kwindawo yamahlathi. Akukho zibonda zentsimbi apho, saqonda, kwaye amatyholo ayengaphezulu phezulu. Asizukuba yeyona nto inde ejikelezileyo kwaye siya kufumana ikhusi emvuleni.
Emva koqhwithela kuVuko hamba. (Umfanekiso nguWes Hoskins)
Ukuzama ngokusebenzisa amasebe sinokubona umoya utyhalela amakhethini emvula ngokugqithileyo esibhakabhakeni, utshayela ngokumangalisayo ngaphambili komqolo wentaba esondeleyo. Umoya wavuthela iinaliti ezimdaka ngombala kuyo yonke imijikelezo yethu. Sasibonakala sijonge ezantsi xa sijonga iinaliti ezisitheleyo kumatyholo angenabomi. Kulapho emva kokuba siqaphele ukumakishwa okutshisiweyo ngasemva kweetunki kunye neengcambu ezingagqitywanga kuthi.
Iindudumo zazisondela kufutshane. Yayiyincoko yababini ekhawulezayo ngokwenene eyamkelwa lukhetho. Siphume sabaleka sayokuma ematyholweni saza sagungxula imvula yokuthintela intente.
Intliziyo yam ibibetha ngamandla, kwaye ngeli xesha hayi kukuhamba-ngebhayisekile.
Ndihleli ngaphakathi kwentente ngeyure elandelayo, ndiphulaphule iindudumo ezijikelezayo kwaye ndibona umbane uhlekisa ngathi sonke, bendinomboniso omnandi, oxhalabisayo oxhalabisayo kwindlela yokhuselo. Andinakuthi ndikhethe obu buchule ukuba bendinokukhetha. Nangona kunjalo ekugqibeleni isaqhwithi sanyamalala. Emva kokuba sikhuphe uziphu weentente, saphuma saya kubusuku obugolide obenza ukuba idlelo libengezele, likhazimle lingenamava kwaye limthubi nelanga elisezantsi.
Iibhayisikile zethu ziye zahlanjwa amandla (ubuncinci kwinto enye). Sasiphila. Ngoku ndinokukhumbula ukonwaba kombane kunye nokukhathazeka, ndihleli ngaphakathi ententeni, ndamkelwa yimvakalelo yobushushu yokungangcoliswa kunye nokusinda. Kuyingqondo ukuba ndiyiphethe kule bout ilandelayo ye-mendacity ephantsi kwinto enokuba iya kuba bubusika obude.
Uhambo lwesiko? Hayi, kodwa mhlawumbi iya kufikelela kweli xesha lethu ebomini bethu.
UAlli Harvey uhlala ePalmer kwaye wenza eSouthcentral Alaska.
[Ngenxa yomthamo omkhulu wezimvo ezifuna ukumodareyithwa, sikhubaza okwethutyana amagqabantshintshi kumanqaku ethu amaninzi ukuze abahleli bakwazi ukugxila kwingxakeko ye-coronavirus kunye nolunye uhlobo. Siyakumema ukuba ubhale ileta eya kumhleli or fikelela ngqo ukuba ungathanda ukunxibelelana nathi malunga nenqaku elithile. Enkosi.]