Kulabo abanomoya wokuzidela, okunye okungaba yizinkulungwane zamakhilomitha amabhishi, amachibi, imilambo, imigoqo, amabhishi, imihlume; iningi lazo alinabantu, iningi lezintombi noma cishe, elifinyelelwa izikhala noma imigwaqo eyibhuqu emele inselelo uqobo lwayo.
Ugu lwesifundazwe saseSonora, esino-10% wasogwini lukazwelonke, luyikhaya “lamaxhaphozi asogwini” ayi-100, okuyigama okubizwa ngalo imizimba yamanzi akha eduze kolwandle namuhla. Phakathi kwamakhulu emifula kanye namachibi omcebo omkhulu wemvelo olondolozwe esimweni semvelo futhi kude nempucuko, i-Estero del Soldado ibingenye yezinto ezinconywe kakhulu kithina ngenxa yokubaluleka nendawo okuyo.
Sashiya amaGuaymas ngamabhayisikili ethu sathatha umgwaqo omkhulu kazwelonke u-no. 15 ulibangise eHermosillo, phakathi kwama-trailer namaloli, phakathi kwesimo sezulu esishisayo sasogwadule. Ngaleso sikhathi ngangingaqondi ukuthi ixhaphozi elisogwini lingaba likhetheke kangakanani nokuthi ngangizimisele kangakanani ukuhlala kulo mdlalo wokuziphilisa - kanye nomkami nezinja zami ezimbili - kuphela kulokho okunikezwa yimvelo.
Okwesikhashana ngezwa ukunxanela ukungena edolobhaneni ukuze ngibhekane nenkambiso engcwele yokuba nesiphuzo esibandayo ngaphansi kwesiphephetha-moya, nokulala ngilalele ekushayeni okuncane kwamagagasi, kude kakhulu negumbi lethu elipholile lehhotela. Ngenhlanhla, ngaqhubeka futhi lapho sishiya umgwaqo omkhulu sibheke eSan Carlos safinyelela emgwaqeni owubhuqu - phambi kwamaPondom Condominiums - izinto zaqala ukushintsha, imisindo yezinjini nempucuko yasala ngemuva, ngokungazelelwe ngezwa ukuthi kufanele ulalele ngempela ukuze uzwe; ukunyakaza kuyancipha futhi kuthatha isigqi se-harmonic. Lapho sengifikile, angibange ngisaba nokungabaza.
I-Estero del Soldado iyindawo engcwele yokuphila. Umuzwa wokuba sendaweni eqhelelene ngokuphelele, ebangeni nje elingamakhilomitha ambalwa ukusuka komunye wemigwaqo ematasa kakhulu ezweni, ubonakale ungenakwenzeka futhi uthakazelisa.
Ngesikhathi sifika olwandle sabheka indawo yokukhempa sicubungula isidingo samanzi okuphuza, okuthi ngenxa yamazinga okushisa aphezulu, asho ilitha elilodwa ngosuku (amalitha angu-4.4). Ekugcineni sanquma ngephuzu elingasempumalanga eliseduze komlomo wesiziba somfula, lapho uLwandle lwaseCortez luvula khona indlela yalo, lokhu kungenye yokufinyelela okuhle kakhulu, ngoba ngokungafani nezimila ezivamile zombuso, ichweba lizungezwe umhlume ominyene nemiphumela okungenakufinyeleleka impela.
Kuzinja zethu zombili nakithi, umlomo walesi sikebhe waba yindawo enhle phakathi nogwadule. Amanzi ahlala ezingeni lokushisa elipholile naphezu kokujula okuphezulu kwemitha elilodwa, phakathi kokushintsha okuqhubekayo kwamagagasi. Emini ukunyakaza kuphela okwakungokwethu, siqeda ukumisa ikamu, ngoba ngethempelesha, ngaleso sikhathi, konke kuphumule ngaphandle kokushisa. Lesi yisikhathi esihle sokulala ngaphansi komthunzi we-awning uphumule noma ufunde incwadi enhle, ikakhulukazi uma ulandela isibonelo sezilwane lapho umba umgodi, ngoba ngaphakathi kwesihlabathi kupholile kakhulu.
Njengoba ntambama kudlula, umoya uqoqa amandla ukuze ungaphikisi udumo olutholwe yilabo abaseGulf of California: luyaqabula ekushiseni okukhulu futhi luhlanze umoya womiyane, kepha uma isivinini sikhuphuka siphakamisa isihlabathi, okungaba mnandi, ikakhulukazi uma ungathandi ukunonga ukudla kwakho ngakho.
Ukushona kwelanga kuletha nomoya womoya: izindwandwe, izinhlanzi zasolwandle kanye nama-pelican endiza esuka endaweni eyodwa eya kwenye. Ngokushintsha kwegagasi, ukuhamba kwenhlanzi kuguqula ichweba libe yimakethe yonke. Ekupheleni kosuku umoya uyeka ukuvunguza futhi ukuthula kuya kuba ngokuphelele. Lesi yisikhathi lapho omiyane behlasela kepha umuthi omuhle oxosha izinto ubagcina bengasekho.
I-Twilight iba ngesinye sezikhathi ezinhle kakhulu zosuku, njengoba lokhu kushona kwelanga ogwini lwaseSonoran mhlawumbe kungumbukwane owake wawabona. Ukuthula, okungazelelwe kube okuphelele, kulungiselela ubumnyama. Isibhakabhaka siba ngendwangu egcwele inkanyezi; ubusuku bokuqala saba nomuzwa wokuthi siseplanethi yezemvelo.
Ukukhazimula kwezinkanyezi kuyinto yomlingo; sasibonakala simi phambi kwendawo yonke. Kepha futhi bekubonakala ngathi kusezinyaweni zethu, phakathi kwamanzi, lapho iplankton (uhlobo oluthile lweplankton enezakhiwo ezikhanyayo ezijatshuliswa ukunyakaza) ikhiqiza i-platinum phosphorescence encintisana nezinkanyezi.
Umlilo womlilo nenhlanzi enhle yokudla kwakusihlwa emalahleni; isibiliboco sangempela, isipho esivela olwandle, ukuthola amandla alahlekile. Ubumnyama bangempela phakathi kokuthula okumangalisayo futhi umuntu ukholelwa ukuthi ichweba ligcina liphumule, kepha iqiniso ukuthi alikaze libe khona. Izinyoni zihambile ukubuya ekuseni, kodwa izilwane eziningi ezingaphansi kwamanzi ziqala imisebenzi yazo.
Ekuseni, lesi sikebhe sivakashelwa abadobi abavela emphakathini waseMpalme nabanye babavakashi abasebenzisa lo mzuzu wokuthula. Njengoba "uBob Marlin" esitshela, njengoba ezibiza ngomdobi oqeqeshiwe wase-Arizona - ozinikele ekuletheni amaqembu abadobi baseMelika - ischweba singenye yezindawo ezinhle kakhulu zokudoba izimpukane eGulf of California yonke, yize izivakashi zimbalwa kangangokuthi azikuguquli ukuthula kwendawo.
Akuzange kuthathe isikhathi eside ukwenza ubungani nabadobi bendawo. Zilula futhi zinobungani, zisitshela ama-anecdotes olwandle oluphakeme futhi zisimemela kumnenke, ezinye izinhlanzi ngisho ne- "caguamanta", isidlo esijwayelekile sesifunda esithwala zonke izinhlobo zokudla kwasolwandle.
Izinsuku zihamba cishe ngaphandle kokuqaphela, kodwa ngakunye okudlulayo sizizwa sibaluleke kakhulu futhi sihlangene ngokwengeziwe. Sihamba itheku ngomkhumbi we-kayak bese singena emihlathini ukuze sifunde ngohlelo oluyinkimbinkimbi lapho kuhlala khona izinyoni, ama-raccoon, izimpungushe, amagundane nezinye izinhlobo zezinyoka. Izinhlobonhlobo zezinyoni ezifudukayo kulesi simiso semvelo zinkulu kakhulu kangangokuba kungadinga uchwepheshe ukuzikhomba.
Siyadoba futhi sibhukude siye olwandle, kwesinye isikhathi ngokumangala kokuvakashelwa, cishe njalo kungenabungozi kepha kwesinye isikhathi "kuyamangaza", njengaleyo yehlengethwa eleza kithi ngejubane elikhulu, ukuma emzileni walo uhhafu wemitha kuphela emizimbeni yethu ; "Usibonile", ukusho ngandlela thile, waphenduka, wasishiya sishaqekile.
Sahlola ukukhuthazela kwethu ngokuqwala izintaba ezazihlukanisa neBacochibampo Bay. Ngebhayisikili sakhuphuka, sehla futhi sadlula emafulethini kasawoti angasasebenzi namachibi, kuyilapho imisebe yelanga iwela emahlombe ethu njengezinaliti ezishisayo.
Okwezinsuku ezimbalwa ukuzibophezela kwethu empilweni bekuwukusinda bese sicabanga ngaleli pharadesi; sizigcwalise ngokuthula, sihambe futhi singene ezweni okukhona kuphela kuzici zalo ezibanzi okubonakala emehlweni nasendlebeni, kepha likhona, lilinde ukunakwa kwethu ukuthi liziveze, futhi liveze ukuthi singaba yingxenye yomunye nomunye, uma singaphazamisi , uma sizilimaza, uma sikuhlonipha.
