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Iveki yokugqibela ndihamba ngebhayisikile ndikhwele iSouth Okanagan-West Kootenay iinyanga ezilishumi elinesihlanu zilandelelana. Ndithatha iintsuku ezisixhenxe ukuphilisa iindlela kunye noohola bendlela, ukumisa kwiindawo zokutya kunye neendawo zokutya ecaleni kwendlela yokufezekisa kunye nabahlali kunye nokuhamba nabo kwiindlela zabo. Ezi nyanga zili-12 bendizikhathalele ukuzalisekisa iipatiyo ezivulekileyo kwindawo esinokuthetha kude kuyo. Kwaye kamsinya nje kwakhona xa uhambo luphila kakhulu njengoko belulindele- incoko elungileyo kuzo zonke iintlobo zemicimbi, imozulu entle kunye neendawo ezingqongileyo ezintle kulo lonke uqhuba oluhle.
Uhambo ndiqale ngalo neqela labakhweli beebhayisikile eGlenfir, malunga neekhilomitha ezisibhozo kumantla weNaramata kwindlela yeKettle Valley Railway. Sifikile ePenticton ngexesha lesidlo sakusasa kwaye wothuka uMike Farnworth, Umphathiswa Wezokhuseleko Loluntu kwi-BC. Kuba indawo yomlilo yeChristie yayitshisa kwaye iZiko lokuSebenza likaxakeka lalikude, ndathatha umphathiswa ndaya kwi-EOC ukuze ndixoxe ngendawo yokucima umlilo ethintela ukukhutshwa kweempendulo kunye neeklasi ezaziqatshelwe kwiminyaka engaphambili.
Emva kokupheliswa kwe-ice-cream e-Okanagan Falls nesidlo sasemini e-Oliver, ndaphinda ndathenga ngaphakathi kweemoto e-Osoyoos ndaya e-Huge White, emantla ntshona eqhuba. Ndidibene nabantu beshishini lokutyela isidlo sakusasa ngentsasa elandelayo, emva koko ndathenga kwakhona kwindlela ye-KVR eMcCulloch ndahamba ngebhayisikile i-60 km ukuya eBeververdell.
Sidibene namaqela aliqela abahamba ngebhayisikile endleleni abathe bonke bayincoma indlela kodwa becebisa ngamandla ukuba okanye ayigcinwa ikwimeko ephezulu kubahambi ngebhayisikile. ECarmi sahambisa indawo yokujonga umlilo yase-BC igcina abantu ngaphandle kweCarmi Creek kwindawo apho iziko lalitshisa khona. Intombazana ephethe indawo yokutshekisha izaliswe ngumvuzo wabasebenzi abaphantsi kunye nabomoya abathintela indawo yomlilo kunye nenye kwiNtaba kaSolomon kuyo yonke intlambo.
Ngaphezulu kwe-pizza e-Rock Creek bendinencoko emfutshane nenqununu yasekholejini malunga nokuvulwa kwakhona kweekholeji kunye nokuthetha okwandileyo nosomashishini wasebumelwaneni ngokubhekisele kwimbono yezemali ephucukileyo ye-Beaverdell njengabantu abatshintshela kuyo baphinde benze into entle emsulwa malunga ne-West Kettle Intili.
Ngosuku olulandelayo ndaqhubeka ndaya ezantsi kwindlela ye-KVR eya eRock Creek, indawo endandikhenkethe kuyo iZiko elitsha i-Riverside Centre, ukongeza okuchulumancisayo kwindawo enika ulwazi lwabathengi, iinkampani zentlalo, indawo yokusebenza kunye neenkampani zebhanki ezinikezwe ngamanqaku eOsoyoos Credit Umanyano. Besidla isidlo sangokuhlwa kwi-Keg kunye neKettle Grill eHalfway, indawo yokutyela entsha kraca eyenza ishishini eliqhuba kakuhle kwiimeko ezinzima.
Ngentsasa yesine ndadibana noCiel Sander, umlungelelanisi wendlela yemveli, kuhambo oluya e-Eholt nayo yonke indlela eya ezantsi kwiGrand Forks. UCiel wandiboleka ngesisa ityhefu lakhe elityebileyo, ekhankanya ukuba umgangatho wale nxalenye ukwimo eyoyikisayo kwaye unengxaki yeebhayisikile eziqhelekileyo ezifana nezam.
Amalungu obulungu beebhanti zeGrand Forks adibana nathi kufutshane ne-Eholt (phakathi kweHodges Tunnel emnyama ukuba ichanekile!) Kwaye bachonga ingxaki yokugcina izinto ezinamatye nesanti zendlela xa kwabelwana ngazo nabatyeleli bezithuthi. Ngenxa yala mafutha amavili (kunye noncedo lombane lokuhambisa umbane!), Ndafika ngesidlo sasemini eGrand Forks ngexesha lendawo elinye iqela elalihlanganisene kwiingxoxo kwipati yendlela esecaleni ngemicimbi eqala kwimiba ejikeleze ukukhutshwa kwenqaba yeseli ye-5G kwezopolitiko nakweyiphi na indawo Uluhlu lwentlonipho.
Ndilahle kumthengisi webhayisekile omtsha edolophini iGrand Forks ukuze ndithethe nomnini malunga nokukhuthaza ukuhamba ngeebhayisikile (iivenkile zebhayisekile kwindawo yonke ziye zaphazanyiswa lishishini kuyo yonke i-COVID) ngelixa ndandihlola i-e-bikes ngamafutha amavili.
Ukusukela iiGrand Forks ziphawule inqanaba lendawo yohambo lwam, ngoku linqanaba elisebenzayo lokusonga le kholamu kwaye ndiza kuyiphelisa ingxelo kwiveki elandelayo. Iindlela ezonwabileyo!
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