Ma waena o ke Kai o Cortez a me ka Moana Pākīpika, ma ka lihi o ka Tropic of Cancer, ma ka penikala ʻo Baja Kaleponi, aia he "mokupuni ao a me nā conifers" ʻoiaʻiʻo e puka mai ana mai ka wao akua nunui a neoneo o Baja Kaleponi.
ʻO kēia paradaiso "Darwinian" kupaianaha i hoʻomaka mai i nā pae hope loa o ka Pleistocene, kahi manawa i ʻae ʻia ai ke ʻano o ke anilā i ka hoʻomohala ʻia ʻana o kahi "mokupuni olaola" ʻoiaʻiʻo, aia i loko o kahi ʻōnaehana mauna o ka granite kumu i haku ʻia e ka Sierra de la ʻO Trinidad, kahi hui nui e hoʻopili pū ana me ka Sierra de la Victoria, La Laguna, a me San Lorenzo, i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e nā ʻāpana nui ʻehiku. ʻElima o kēia mau kahawai, ʻo San Dionisio, ʻo Zorra de Guadalupe, ʻo San Jorge, ʻo Agua Caliente a ʻo San Bernardo, i kapa ʻia ʻo Boca de la Sierra, aia ma ke kahawai ʻo Gulf, a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe ʻelua, ʻo ia ʻo Pilitas a ʻo kā La Burrera i ka Pākīpika.
Uhi kēia paradaiso kaiaola nui i kahi o 112,437 ha a ua hoʻolaha ʻia i kēia manawa he "Sierra de la Laguna" Biosfir Reserve, i mea e pale aku ai i nā pua a me nā holoholona e noho ana ma laila, no ka mea ʻo ka hapa nui o ia mea i ka makaʻu o ka make ʻana. .
ʻO kā mākou hui mua ma ka pūnaewele me ka nahele ulu haʻahaʻa, a me nā mānoanoa a me nā cacti nunui. Uhi ʻia nā kula pālahalaha ʻole a me nā pali e kēia kaiaolaola hoihoi a kupaianaha hoʻi, e hoʻomohala ʻia mai 300 a 800 m mūlena a he home ia e pili ana i 586 mau ʻano mea kanu, a he 72 mau mea hopena. Ma waena o nā cacti hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i nā saguaros, pitayas, chollas me a me nā kākalaioa ʻole, cardón barbón a me viznagas; Ua ʻike mākou i nā agaves e like me sotol a me mezcal, a me nā kumulāʻau a me nā kumulāʻau e like me mesquite, palo blanco, palo verde, torote blanco a me colorado, hump, epazote a me datilillo, yucca e hōʻike ana i ka wahi. ʻO kēia lau nahele ka home o nā quail, pigeons, woodpeckers, queleles and caracara hawks. Ma ka huli, nā amphibians, nā moʻo a me nā moʻo e like me ka rattlesnake a me ka chirrionera noho i ka wahi nahele haʻahaʻa.
I ko mākou huakaʻi ʻana i ke ala lepo a hiki i La Burrera, ua loli nā mea kanu a ʻōmaʻomaʻo ka ʻāina; ʻo nā lālā o nā kumulāʻau me kā lākou pua melemele, ʻulaʻula a me ka viola i ka ʻokoʻa o ka paʻa o ka cacti. Ma ka Burrera ua hoʻokau mākou i nā holoholona me nā pono hana a hoʻomaka i ka hele wāwae (aia he 15 o mākou i ka huina). I ko mākou hele ʻana i luna, hele a mikii ke ala, a ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī i ke hele ʻana o nā holoholona, a ma kekahi mau wahi e hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia ka ukana i hiki iā lākou ke hele. ʻO ka hope loa, ma hope o ʻelima mau hola o ka hele wāwae koʻikoʻi, ua hōʻea mākou i Palmarito, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Ojo de Agua ma muli o ke kahawai e kahe ana ma ia wahi. Ma kēia wahi ua ʻoi aku ka wela o ke aniau, ua holo nā ao i luna o ko mākou mau poʻo a loaʻa iā mākou kahi ulu lāʻau ʻoka nui. Aia kēia kaiāulu mea kanu ma waena o ka ululāʻau haʻahaʻa deciduous a me ka ulu lāʻau pine-ʻoka, a ma muli o ke ʻano kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻāina ʻo ia ka nāwaliwali loa a ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi e holoi. ʻO nā ʻano nui nāna e haku ia mea ʻo ka ʻoka ʻoka a me ka guayabillo, ʻoiai he mea maʻamau nō hoʻi ka loaʻa ʻana o nā laha mai ka nahele haʻahaʻa e like me ka torote, ka bebelama, ka papache a me ka chicote.
I ko mākou holomua ʻana, ʻoi aku ka pīhoihoi o ka ʻāina, a iā mākou i hōʻea ai i kahi i kapa ʻia ʻo La Ventana ma 1200 m ma luna o ka ʻilikai, ua loaʻa iā mākou kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona nani loa o ko mākou ʻāina. Ua ukali nā wahi mauna i kekahi ma hope o kekahi, e hele ana i nā aka ʻōmaʻomaʻo a pau i hiki ke noʻonoʻo ʻia, a ma ka palena e holo aku ana kā mākou ʻike i ka Moana Pākīpika.
I ka piʻi ʻana, ua hoʻomaka ke kaumaha o kekahi o ko mākou mau hoa a i kona hōʻea ʻana i La Ventana ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hele i kahi ʻanuʻu ʻē aʻe; ua hina i kahi disika herniated; ʻAʻole manaʻo hou kona mau wāwae, poni kona lehelehe a ʻeha loa ka ʻeha, no laila pono ʻo Jorge e hoʻokomo iā ia me ka morphine a e hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻo Carlos iā ia ma ke kua o ka hoki.
Ma hope o kēia ulia pōpilikia koʻikoʻi ua hoʻomau mākou me ka huakaʻi. Hoʻomau mākou i ka piʻi, hala mākou i ka ʻāpana o nā ʻoka a ma 1,500 m ma luna o ka ʻilikai ʻike mākou i ka ulu lāʻau pine-ʻoka. ʻO kēia ke kaiaolaola ka mea e hoʻomalu i nā kiʻekiʻe o nā kuahiwi a kahi kiko i ʻike ʻia ʻo El Picacho, ʻo ia ka 2,200 m ma luna o ka ʻilikai a mai kahi i ka lā mālamalama hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka Moana Pākīpika a me ke kai o Cortez i ka manawa like.
ʻO nā ʻano nui e noho ana i kēia wahi ʻo ka ʻoka ʻeleʻele, ka lāʻau strawberry, ka sotol (nā ʻano pāma endemia) a me nā pine pōhaku. Ua hoʻomohala kēia mau mea kanu i nā hoʻolālā adaptive e like me nā aʻa bulbous a me nā kumu lalo, i ola i nā mea i ukali ʻia mai ʻApelila a Iulai.
Ke hāʻule nei ke awakea, pena ʻia nā puʻu i ke gula, holo nā ao ma waena o lākou, a ʻo nā hue o ka lewa mai ka melemele a me ka ʻalani i ka poni a me ka uliuli i ka pō. Ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka hele wāwae a ma hope o ʻeiwa mau hola hiki mākou i kahi awāwa i ʻike ʻia ʻo La Laguna. Kūkulu nā awāwa i ke kaiaolaola ʻē aʻe i kēia ʻāina a holo nā kahawai liʻiliʻi ma waena o lākou e noho ai nā rana a me nā manu he mau tausani. Manaʻo ʻia i ka wā i hala aku nei ua noho ʻia lākou e kahi lagoon nui, kahi i koe ʻoiai ua kaha ʻia ma nā palapala ʻāina. ʻO ka nui o kēia mau awāwa e ʻike ʻia ʻo ka Laguna, uhi ia i ka 250 ha a ʻo 1 810 m ma luna o ka ʻilikai; ʻelua mau mea nui ʻē aʻe ʻo Chuparrosa, ma 1,750 m ma luna o ka ʻilikai a me kahi ʻelima o 5 ha, a ʻo ka mea i ʻike ʻia ʻo La Cieneguita, kokoke i ka Laguna.
E pili ana i nā manu, ma ka moku holoʻokoʻa ʻo Los Cabos loaʻa iā mākou he 289 mau ʻano, kahi o 74 e noho nei i ka Lagoon a he 24 o kēia mau mea i hopena i kēlā wahi. Ma waena o nā laha e noho nei ma laila mākou i ka falcon peregrine, ka Santus hummingbird, hopena o ka sierra, a me ka pitorreal e noho manuahi ana i nā ulu lāʻau ʻoka.
ʻO ka mea hope loa, hiki iā mākou ke ʻōlelo ʻoiai ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike iā lākou, kahi home kēia wahi i nā mea ʻona mammal e like me ka dia Mule, i ka makaʻu o ka make ma muli o ka lawehala ʻole ʻana, ka ʻiole pōhaku, hopena o ia wahi, kahi helu mau o nā rodents, shrews, bats, foxes , raccoons, skunks, coyotes a me ka liona mauna a cougar paha.
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