No ka poʻe me ka ʻuhane kipi, ʻo ka ʻokoʻa kēia mau kaukani kilomita o nā kahakai, nā loko wai, nā estuaries, nā kaola, nā kahakai, nā mangrove. ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou i makemake ʻole ʻia, he wahine puʻupaʻa a aneane paha, i loaʻa i nā āpau a i nā alanui lepo e hōʻike ana i kahi pilikia i loko o lākou iho.
ʻO ke kahakai o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Sonora, nona ka 10% o ke kahakai kahakai, kahi home o 100 "nā kahakai kahakai", ka inoa e kapa ʻia ai nā kino wai e pili ana i ke kai i kēia lā. Ma waena o nā haneli mau estuaries a me nā lagoons o ka waiwai ecological nui i mālama ʻia ma kahi kūlana kūlohelohe a mamao loa mai ka lāhui, ʻo ka Estero del Soldado kekahi o nā mea i koi nui ʻia iā mākou no ka mea nui a me kahi.
Ua haʻalele mākou iā Guaymas ma kā mākou paikikala a hele i ke ala nui aupuni no. 15 e neʻe nei iā Hermosillo, ma waena o nā kaʻa kauō a me nā kalaka, ma waenakonu o ke aniau wao nahele. I kēlā manawa ʻaʻole au i maopopo i ke ʻano kūikawā o ka ʻāina wai kahakai a me ka nui o koʻu makemake e noho i kēia huakaʻi o ke ola ʻana - me kaʻu wahine a me kaʻu mau ʻīlio ʻelua - mai ka mea maoli i hāʻawi.
No kekahi manawa ua ʻike wau i ka makemake e hele hewa i ke kūlanakauhale e kū i ke ʻano kapu o ka inu ʻana i kahi wai anuanu ma lalo o kahi pā, a e hiamoe ana i ka nalu mālie o nā nalu, mamao loa mai kā mākou lumi hōkele hōʻoluʻolu. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, hoʻomau wau a haʻalele mākou i ke ala nui ma ke ala o San Carlos a hōʻea i ke ala lepo - i mua o nā Pilar Condominiums - hoʻomaka nā mea e loli, waiho ʻia nā kani o nā ʻenekini a me ka lāhui, a ʻike koke wau ua pono ʻoe e hoʻolohe i hiki ke lohe; hoʻemi ka neʻe a lawe i kahi mele harmonic. Once ma laila, ʻaʻohe oʻu kānalua hou.
ʻO ka Estero del Soldado kahi laʻa i ke ola. ʻO ka manaʻo i loko o kahi kaʻawale loa, he mau mile wale nō mai kahi o nā ala ʻoi loa o ka hana o ka ʻāina, me he mea lā kupaianaha a ʻoluʻolu hoʻi.
I ka hōʻea ʻana i kahakai ua ʻimi mākou i kahi e hoʻomoana ai e noʻonoʻo ana i ka pono o ka wai inu, ma muli o ke kiʻekiʻe o ka mahana, ʻo ia hoʻi hoʻokahi galani o kēlā me kēia kanaka i kēlā me kēia lā (4.4 liters). Ma hope loa ua hoʻoholo mākou i ka lae hikina e pili ana i ka nuku o ka muʻu, kahi e wehe ai ke kai o Cortez, ʻo kēia kahi ala maikaʻi loa loa, no ka mea kūʻē i nā mea kanu maʻamau o ka mokuʻāina, ua hoʻopuni ʻia ka muʻu e kahi kai kūʻono paʻa a ʻo ia ka hiki ʻole ke kiʻi ʻia.
No kā mākou ʻīlio a me mākou, ua lilo ka waha o ka puʻu wai wai i oasis ma waenakonu o ka wao nahele. Noho ka wai i kahi mahana anuanu me ka nui o ka hohonu o hoʻokahi mika, ma waena o ka hoʻololi mau o ke kai. I ke awakea ʻo ka neʻe wale nō kā mākou e hoʻopau ana i kahi hoʻomoana, no ka mea me ka mahana, i kēlā manawa, hoʻomaha nā mea āpau koe ka wela. ʻO kēia kahi manawa maikaʻi e moe ai ma lalo o ka malu o ka pale a hoʻomaha a heluhelu paha i kahi puke maikaʻi, keu hoʻi inā ʻoe e hāhai i ke ʻano o nā holoholona i ka ʻeli ʻana i kahi lua, no ka mea ʻoi aku ka ʻoluʻolu o loko o ke one.
I ka hala ʻana o ka ʻauinalā, hōʻiliʻili ka makani i ka ikaika i mea e hōʻino ʻole ai i ka kaulana i loaʻa i ka poʻe ma ke kai kūʻono o Kaleponi: hōʻoluʻolu ia mai ka wela nui a hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ke ea o nā makika, akā inā piʻi ka wikiwiki e hoʻāla i ke one, kahi mea ʻoluʻolu ʻole, ʻo ia hoʻi inā ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake i ka spice ʻana i kāu meaʻai me ia.
Lawe mai ka napoʻo ʻana i ke kaʻa ea: herons, seagulls and pelicans e lele ana mai kahi a kahi. Me nā loli o ke au, hoʻololi ka neʻe ʻana o ka iʻa i ka muliwai i mākeke holoʻokoʻa. I ka hopena o ka lā kū ka makani i ka puhi ʻana a ʻo ka mālie ke hele a paʻa loa. ʻO kēia ka manawa ke hoʻouka aku nā makika akā mālama kahi mea hoʻopapa maikaʻi iā lākou.
Lilo ka manawa twilight i kekahi o nā manawa kupaianaha loa o ka lā, ʻoiai kēia mau napoʻo ʻana mai ke kahakai ʻo Sonoran ka mea nui loa paha āu i ʻike ai. ʻO ka hāmau, i lilo a lilo i huina, hoʻomākaukau i ka pouli. Lilo ka lani i pale lole hōkū hōkū; i ka pō mua ua manaʻo mākou e like me mākou i ka planetarium.
ʻO ka ʻōlinolino o nā hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo he mea kupua; ua kū mākou i mua o ke ao holoʻokoʻa. Akā, me he mea lā ia ma ko mākou mau wāwae, ma waena o ka wai, ke plankton (kahi ʻano plankton me nā mea luminous e pīhoihoi nei i ka neʻe ʻana) hana i ka phosphorescence platinum e hoʻokūkū ai me nā hōkū.
He ahi hoʻomoana a me kahi iʻa maikaʻi no kaʻaina awakea ma nā lānahu; he mea ʻono maoli, makana mai ke kai, e hoʻihoʻi i ka ikehu i nalo. ʻO ka pouli loa i waenakonu o kahi hāmau kupanaha a manaʻoʻiʻo kekahi e hoʻomaha ka muliwai, akā ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole ia. Ua haʻalele nā manu e hoʻi i ke kakahiaka, akā hoʻomaka ka nui o nā holoholona i lalo o ka wai i kāna mau hana.
Ma ke kakahiaka nui i kipa ʻia ai ka lawaiʻa o nā lawaiʻa mai ke kaiāulu Empalme a me kekahi mau mākaʻikaʻi i hoʻohana i kēia manawa o ka noho mālie. E like me kā "Bob Marlin" haʻi iā mākou, ʻoiai e kāhea ʻo ia iā ia iho he lawaiʻa ʻoihana mai Arizona - i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ka lawe ʻana i nā hui o nā lawaiʻa ʻAmelika - ʻo ka muʻu wai kahi o nā wahi maikaʻi loa no ka lawaiʻa lele ʻana ma ke kahawai holoʻokoʻa o Kaleponi. heʻuʻuku nā poʻe kipa a ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻololi i ka maluhia o ia wahi.
ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu no mākou e hoaaloha me nā lawaiʻa kūloko. Maʻalahi a launa lākou, haʻi lākou iā mākou i nā anecdotes o ke kai kiʻekiʻe a kāhea lākou iā mākou i kahi snail, kekahi iʻa a ʻo "caguamanta" kekahi, kahi kīʻaha maʻamau o ka ʻāina e hāpai ana i nā ʻano iʻa like ʻole.
Holo ʻē nā lā me ka ʻike ʻole, akā me kēlā me kēia mea e hala aʻe manaʻo mākou he mea nui a hoʻohui pū kekahi. Hele mākou i ka lua wai ma kahi kayak a komo mākou i nā mangroves e aʻo e pili ana i ka ʻōnaehana paʻakikī kahi e noho pū nā manu, nā raccoons, nā ʻalopeke, nā meheu a me kekahi ʻano nāhesa. ʻO ka nui o nā manu neʻe i kēia kaiaolaola ka mea nui e lawe i kahi loea e hoʻomaopopo iā lākou.
Lawaiʻa mākou a ʻau aku i ke kai, i kekahi manawa me ke kahaha o ke kipa, kokoke ʻino ʻole akā i kekahi manawa "kahaha", e like me ka dolphin i hele mai iā mākou me ka wikiwiki, e kū ma kāna alahele he hapalua mika mai ko mākou mau kino ; Ua "ʻike" ʻo ia iā mākou, e waiho iā ia i kekahi ʻano, a huli aʻe a haʻalele iā mākou i ka hana.
Ua hoʻāʻo mākou i ko mākou kūpaʻa ma ka piʻi ʻana i nā kuahiwi i hoʻokaʻawale iā mākou mai ke kai kūʻono ʻo Bacochibampo. Ma ka paikikala mākou i piʻi ai i lalo, a ma waena o nā pā paʻakai i haʻalele ʻia a me nā loko iʻa, ʻoiai e hāʻule nā kukuna o ka lā ma luna o ko mākou poʻohiwi e like me nā nila kuʻi wela.
No kekahi mau lā wale nō kā mākou hoʻokō i ke ola e ola a noʻonoʻo i kēia paradaiso; hoʻopiha iā mākou iho me ka mālie, huakaʻi a komo i kahi honua e ʻike wale ʻia i ka maka a me ka pepeiao i kāna mau hiʻohiʻona ākea, akā aia ma laila, ke kali nei i ko mākou nānā e hōʻike iā ia iho, a hōʻike e hiki iā mākou ke lilo i ʻāpana o kekahi i kekahi, inā ʻaʻole mākou e hoʻopilikia , inā e luku iā mākou iho, inā mākou e mahalo iā ia.
