Ke hoʻomau nei i kā mākou huakaʻi paʻakikī ma o ka penikala ʻo Baja Kaleponi, ua haʻalele mākou i nā hoki a me ke ala hele wāwae e hoʻomau me ka ʻāpana ʻelua e ke kaʻa mauna, i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā ala i hoʻokumu ʻia e kēlā poʻe naʻau ʻuhane wiwo ʻole, nā mikionali Jesuit i kanu i ke ola i kēia mānoanoa. a me ka ʻāina nui.
Ke hoʻomau nei i kā mākou huakaʻi paʻakikī ma waena o ka penikala ʻo Baja Kaleponi, ua haʻalele mākou i nā hoki a me ke ala hele wāwae e hoʻomau me ka ʻāpana ʻelua e ke kaʻa mauna, e ʻimi ana i nā ala i hoʻokumu ʻia e kēlā poʻe koa ʻuhane wiwo ʻole, nā mikionali Jesuit i kanu i ke ola i kēia mānoanoa. a me ka ʻāina nui.
E like me kā ka mea heluhelu e hoʻomanaʻo ai, i loko o kā mākou ʻatikala i hala iho nei ua hoʻopau mākou i ka papa hele wāwae i ke kauhale lawaiʻa ʻo Agua Verde; Ma laila mākou i hui hou ai me Tim Means, Diego a me Iram, nā mea i mālama i ke kākoʻo a me nā loina o ka huakaʻi, e neʻe ana i nā pono (paikikala, nā pono hana, nā lako) i kahi a mākou e pono ai. Ma loko o ka huakaʻi kaʻa kaʻaahi mauna lawe mākou i kahi kaʻa kākoʻo me nā mea āpau a mākou e pono ai e nānā i ka hehi ʻana a me ke kiʻi ʻana i nā kiʻi.
WAI-LORETO GREEN
ʻOluʻolu loa kēia ʻāpana mua, ʻoiai ke ala like o ka lepo i kūlike i ke kahakai, e piʻi aʻe a iho i lalo o nā kuahiwi, mai kahi āu e ʻike ai i ke kai o Cortez a me nā mokupuni, e like me Montserrat a me La Danzante. Hoʻomaka kahi piʻi palena ʻole ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo San Cosme, ka mea hehi wāwae ma hope o ka hehi wāwae i piʻi mākou a hiki i ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā, neʻe hou a mamao loa aku mai ke kapakai; ke hōʻea mākou i ka hopena o ka piʻina ua uku ʻia mākou i ka ʻike o kahi ʻāina nani. Ua hōʻea mākou i kā mākou pahuhopu i kali nui ʻia, ke alaloa transpeninsular, a mai laila aku a i Loreto, kahi i hoʻopau ai i kā mākou lā paikikala mua. Ua hoʻoholo mākou ʻaʻole e hehi wāwae i kekahi mau kilomita e uhi i ke kuʻina o ke āpau me ke ala no ka mea ma laila e iho ai nā mea kaʻa i ka wikiwiki.
LORETO, KAPII O CALIFORNIAS
He kanalimakumamālua nā mikionali o nā lāhui like ʻole i ʻimi i ka ʻāina peninsular: ʻo Francisco Eusebio Kino mai Kelemānia, Ugarte mai Honduras, Link mai ʻAukekulia, Gonzag mai Croatia, Piccolo mai Sisilia a me Juan María Salvatierra mai Italia, i waena o lākou.
ʻO ia ka makahiki 1697 i ka wā i hele aku ai ʻo Makua Salvatierra, me nā koa ʻelima a me ʻekolu mau ʻōiwi, i ke kai i kahi galley palupalu me ka pahuhopu e lanakila i kahi ʻāina i kū ʻole ʻo Cortés iā ia iho.
Ma ʻOkakopa 19, 1697, ua pae ʻo Salvatierra ma kahakai kahi i hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻia ai e nā Indians he kanalima e noho ana ma ia wahi, a kapa ʻia ʻo Concho, ʻo ia hoʻi "mangrove ʻulaʻula"; Ma laila i hoʻonohonoho ai nā lālā huakaʻi i kahi hoʻomoana, kahi hale pule, a ma ka lā 25 i iho mai ke kiʻi o kā mākou Lede o Loreto mai ke galley, a me kahi keʻa i hoʻonani nani ʻia me nā pua. Mai ia manawa ua lawe ka hoʻomoana i ka inoa ʻo Loreto a ua lilo ka wahi i kapikala o nā Kaleponi.
KA REGIONI O KA OASIS
ʻO kekahi pahuhopu o kā mākou huakaʻi e kipa aku i ka moku o nā oases, i kūkulu ʻia ʻo Loreto, San Miguel a me San José de Comundú, La Purísima, San Ignacio a me Mulegé, no laila ma hope o nā hoʻomākaukau hope loa ua hoʻomaka mākou i kā mākou paikikala i ka nuʻukia o San ʻO Javier, aia ma ka hanohano ʻo Sierra de La Giganta.
E hele i kēia hele mākou i ke ala lepo e hoʻomaka mai Loreto.
Ma hope o ka huakaʻi ʻana 42 km ua hōʻea mākou i ka oasis o San Javier, he kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi loa ia e pili mau ana kona ola a puni ka nuʻukia, ʻo ia kekahi o nā nani a maikaʻi loa i mālama ʻia ma Kaleponi. Ua ʻike ʻia kēia pūnaewele e Makua Francisco María Piccolo i ka makahiki 1699. Ma hope, i ka makahiki 1701, ua hāʻawi ʻia ka nuʻukia i ka Makua Juan de Ugarte, ka mea no 30 mau makahiki i aʻo aku i nā Indians i nā kālepa like ʻole, a pehea hoʻi e mahi ai i ka ʻāina.
Ke hoʻi nei mākou i nā ala lepo lepo ua hoʻomau mākou i kā mākou huki uila a hele hohonu aku mākou i loko o ka ʻōpū o ka Sierra de La Giganta e ʻimi nei i nā oasis nani loa ma ka peninsula. Ua neʻe mākou i 20 km hou a hiki i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka pō, no laila ua hoʻoholo mākou e hoʻomoana ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke ala, ma waena o nā lāʻau cacti a me mesquite, ma kahi i kapa ʻia ʻo Palo Chino.
Ma ka wanaʻao ua hoʻomaka mākou i ka helo hou me ka manaʻo o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hola anuanu o ke kakahiaka. Me ka mana hehi wāwae, ma lalo o kahi lā hoʻomaha ʻole, hele mākou i nā kula kiʻekiʻe a piʻi aʻe a i lalo i nā ala pōhaku o ka sierra, ma waena o nā ululāʻau cactus a me nā kumu lāʻau.
A ma hope o ka piʻi lōʻihi ʻana e hele mau ana kahi iho lōʻihi a pīhoihoi hoʻi, a mākou e iho ai ma 50 km i kēlā me kēia hola a ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki. Me ka adrenaline e holo nei i loko o ko mākou kino, ke pale nei mākou i nā ālaina, nā pōhaku, nā lua, a pēlā aku.
Ma hope o kēia pali, 24 km hou aku a hiki i ka piko o kahi canyon kupaianaha i uhi ʻia i lalo e kahi kapeta ʻōmaʻomaʻo i hana ʻia e nā lāʻau pāma, nā lāʻau ʻalani, nā lāʻau ʻoliva a me nā māla momona. Ma lalo o kēia dome ʻōmaʻomaʻo ke ola o nā mea kanu, nā holoholona a me nā kāne i hala i kahi ala maikaʻi mahalo i ka wai e kahe ana mai kekahi mau punawai.
Uhi ʻia me ka lepo a me ka lepo, ua hōʻea mākou i Comundús, San José a me San Miguel, nā kūlanakauhale mamao loa a mamao loa ʻelua ma ka peninsula, aia ma ka puʻuwai o La Giganta.
I loko o kēia mau kūlanakauhale i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka manawa, ʻaʻohe mea e pili ana i ke kūlanakauhale a i ʻole nā kaona nui; ma aneʻi nā mea āpau a me nā nohona kaiāulu, noho ka poʻe noho mai kā lākou māla momona, e hāʻawi ana iā lākou me nā hua a me nā mea kanu, a mai kā lākou holoholona mai lākou e loaʻa ai ka waiū e hana i nā pākaʻi nani; lako lākou iā lākou iho. Hele ka poʻe i kēlā me kēia manawa e kūʻai aku i kā lākou huahana; ʻO ka poʻe ʻōpio ka poʻe e hele nui i ke aʻo ʻana a ʻike i ka honua i waho, akā ʻo ka poʻe ʻelemākule a me nā mākua i ulu ma laila e makemake e noho ma lalo o ka malu o nā kumulāʻau, me ka maluhia piha.
MISIONA O SAN JOSÉ DE COMONDÚ
I kā lākou huakaʻi like ʻole ma waena o ka peninsula, e ʻimi ana i nā wahi e loaʻa ai nā mikionali, ua ʻike ka haipule ʻo Comundú, mamao loa mai Loreto kanakolu mau liga i ke komohana ʻākau, a aia ma waenakonu o nā kuahiwi, aneane like ka mamao mai nā kai ʻelua.
Ma San José nā koena o ka nuʻukia i hoʻokumu ʻia e Makua Mayorga ma 170, i hōʻea i kēlā makahiki me ka Makua Salvatierra lāua ʻo Ugarte. Ua hana ikaika ʻo Makua Mayorga ma ka nuʻukia, ua hoʻohuli i kēlā mau ʻĀnia āpau i Kristiano a kūkulu ʻekolu mau hale. I kēia manawa ʻo ka hale pule wale nō ka mea i koe a me nā paia i wāwahi ʻia.
No ka pani ʻana o ka lā, hele hohonu mākou i loko o ka ulu lāʻau o nā pāma lā a kipa aku i ke kaona ʻo San Miguel de Comondú, aia ma 4 km mai San José. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia kēia kūlanakauhale nani e ka Makua Ugarte ma 1714 me ka manaʻo e hāʻawi i nā lako i ka nuʻukia kokoke iā San Javier.
KA MAHIAHI
I ka lā aʻe ua hoʻomau mākou i kā mākou huakaʻi ma waena o Sierra de La Giganta, e hele ana i ke kaona ʻo La Purísima. Haʻalele i ke anuanu o ka oasis, hele wāwae mākou ma waho o ke kūlanakauhale a hui hou i nā kahakai wao nahele i noho ʻia e nā ʻano cacti (saguaros, choyas, biznagas, pitaharas) a me nā kumu wili o nā kala ʻē (torotes, mesquites a me ironwood).
Ma hope o 30 km ua hōʻea mākou i ke kaona ʻo San Isidro, kahi i hōʻike ʻia e kāna hana lima pāma, a 5 km ma hope ua hōʻea mākou i ko mākou oasis aʻe, ʻo La Purísima, kahi, hou hou, hōʻoluʻolu ka wai a hāʻawi i ke ola i ka wao nahele ʻike ʻole ʻia. . ʻO ka puʻu ʻo El Pilo kupaianaha i ʻumeʻume i ko mākou ʻike ma muli o kona ʻano capricious i hāʻawi ʻia i ke ʻano o ka lua pele, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia.
Ua puka pū kekahi pūnaewele me kahi nuʻukia, ʻo ka Immaculate Conception, i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka Jesuit Nicolás Tamaral i ka makahiki 1717, a ʻaʻohe pohaku i koe.
Ke hele wāwae nei i ke kaona ʻike mākou i ka bougainvillea nui loa a mākou i ʻike ai; he mea hoihoi ia, me nā lālā i piha i nā pua poni.
LA HELE LIMA O KA LOLE
I kēia manawa inā e hiki mai ana ka maikaʻi. Ua hiki mākou i kahi i nalowale ai nā ala mai nā palapala ʻāina, ʻai ʻia e nā puʻu wao akua, nā au a me nā pā paʻakai; ʻO nā kaʻa 4 x 4 wale nō a me nā kaʻa heihei Baja 1000 hiki ke lanakila i kēia mau ala paʻakikī a ʻino hoʻi i hoʻomalu ʻia e ka natura a me ka Wao ʻo El Vizcaíno. ʻAneʻane hiki ʻole i nā āpau o ke kapakai o ka Pākīpika ke hehi wāwae i ke aloha mau loa, kahi o nā kaʻa o nā kalaka ma ke one one e hana ai i nā buffers i ka wā e hemo ai nā hehi wāwae i nā niho, no laila hoʻoholo mākou e huakaʻi i ke kaʻa 24 km i La Ballena Ranch, kahi e haʻalele ai i kā mākou paikikala a hele mau. I loko o kēia lā mākou i hehi wāwae ai no nā hola a me nā hola ma hope o ka moena luhi o ke kahawai, kahi hoʻomāinoino maoli ia; ma nā ʻāpana ua hehi mākou i ke one manuahi loa kahi i paʻa ai nā paikikala, a kahi kahi one ʻole he mau pōhaku muliwai, a ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o kā mākou holomua.
No laila mākou i hehi ai a hiki i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka pō. Ua hoʻonohonoho mākou i kahi hoʻomoana a ʻoiai mākou e pāʻina awakea ana ua nānā mākou i nā palapala ʻāina: ua hala mākou i 58 km o ke one a me nā pōhaku, ʻo ia paha ka lā paʻakikī loa.
KA HOPENA
I ke kakahiaka aʻe ua hoʻi mākou i kā mākou paikikala, a ma hope o kekahi mau kilomita ua hoʻololi maoli ka ʻāina, me nā piʻi a me nā lalo i kuʻi i ka mauna mauna ʻo La Trinidad; i kekahi mau ʻāpana ua lilo i mea ʻenehana hou aku, me nā iho kūpikipiki loa a me nā piʻo ʻoi loa, kahi e waiho ai mākou i ke kaʻa kaʻa i ʻole e hemo i waho o ke ala a hāʻule i loko o kekahi o nā awāwa a mākou i hele aʻe ai. Ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o nā kuahiwi ke pālahalaha ke ala me nā ala lōʻihi a me ke kūpikipiki paʻa mau loa i hele mākou mai kekahi kihi o ke ala a i kekahi ʻaoʻao, e ʻimi ana i nā ʻāpana pālahalaha a paʻakikī hoʻi, akā ʻo ka hoʻohiki e kiʻi i kā mākou pahuhopu i paʻa iā mākou a ʻo ka hope Ma hope o 48 km, ua hōʻea mākou i ka huina me ke alaloa transpeninsular, kahi a mākou i hala mua i hala i mau lā ma Loreto. Ua hehi mākou i mau mile hou aʻe ma ke ala a hiki i ka mikiona nani o Mulegé, kahi a mākou e hauʻoli ai i ka ʻike kupaianaha o ka oasis maikaʻi a hoʻopau i ka papa ʻelua o kēia huakaʻi pīhoihoi, ka mea e nalo nui ana, akā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi a liʻiliʻi, i hoʻopau iā ia.
I ko mākou papa aʻe, e haʻalele mākou i ka ʻāina e holo i loko o kā mākou mau waʻa, e like me nā waʻa galley a me nā peʻaleʻa momi i huakaʻi mua i ke kai o Cortez, e ʻimi nei i kā mākou pahuhopu hope loa, ʻo Loreto.
Puna: Un Mexico Mexico No. 274 / Kekemapa 1999
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