Tafiya tare da Clown Shoes

Colorado aljanna ce ta balaguro, ana jera su akai-akai a cikin manyan jahohi don buga hanyoyin. Jihar tana da hanyoyin tafiye-tafiye 5,257 da aka jera akan su alltrails.com, da yawa daga cikinsu suna cikin ɗan gajeren hanya daga garuruwan da ke kan gaba. Wannan ya sa fitattun tafiye-tafiyen ya cika cunkoso a karshen mako a duk lokacin bazara. Ga mutane da yawa, waɗannan hanyoyin suna kwance tun lokacin da dusar ƙanƙara ke tashi a cikin bazara har sai ta narke a ƙarshen bazara. Wasu, duk da haka, sun sami hanyar da za su ji daɗin hanyoyin kowace shekara.

Ni da iyalina muna cikin masu tafiya rani kawai har zuwa shekaru da yawa da suka wuce lokacin da muka yanke shawarar gwada hawan dusar ƙanƙara. A farkon fitowar, matakanmu na farko sun ji daɗi. Ɗaya daga cikin 'ya'yanmu mata ta kwatanta shi a matsayin "yawo da takalma masu kyan gani." Amma sa’ad da muka zagaya cikin ciyayi mai dusar ƙanƙara da ciyayi maras kyau, dusar ƙanƙara ta fara faɗowa, kuma muka fara shakatawa kuma muka ji daɗin yanayin sihiri. Mun sami hanyar kanmu, kuma kaɗaicin ya bambanta da duk abin da muka samu a lokacin rani.

Komawa cikin hunturu zuwa hanyoyin da muka yi tafiya a baya a lokacin rani abu ne mai ban sha'awa. A matsayin misali, yankin Wild Basin na Rocky Mountain National Park shine wurin da danginmu suka fi so. Kakan matata yana da gida a kusa, don haka mai yiwuwa mun yi tafiya fiye da sau goma sha biyu a lokacin bazara tare da ƴan uwa da abokai da yawa tsawon shekaru.

Winter a cikin Wild Basin yana ba da kwarewa daban-daban. A lokacin rani, St. Vrain Creek yana busawa da cikakken ƙarfi akan magudanan ruwa da yawa tare da hanyar; a cikin hunturu, komai yana daskarewa kuma an rufe dusar ƙanƙara. A Copeland Falls za ku iya tsayawa a tsakiyar daskararrun St. Vrain Creek, wani abu da ba zai yuwu ba a lokacin rani. Calypso Cascades a lokacin rani yana haifar da sauti mai girma yayin da yake gudana a kan bishiyoyi da duwatsu da suka fadi; a cikin hunturu duk shiru da nutsuwa. Rana ta bazara tana fitar da furannin daji tare da hanyar; a cikin hunturu, rana da tsakar rana kawai tana lekawa a kan tudu da bishiyoyi. Ƙaƙƙarfan squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, da tsuntsaye iri-iri suna da yawa a lokacin rani; a cikin hunturu ko dai sun yi hibernation ko kuma sun daɗe da tashi zuwa kudu. Duk da haka, mun ga wani ɗan itace wanda jajayen kansa ya bambanta da dusar ƙanƙara, kuma kurayen dusar ƙanƙara suna ci gaba da aiki kamar yadda waƙoƙinsu suka nuna.

Sauran tafiye-tafiyen dusar ƙanƙara sun kai mu ga ra'ayoyi masu ban sha'awa game da rarrabuwar kawuna, sansanonin hakar ma'adinai da aka yi watsi da su, tsoffin wuraren wasan kankara, da bukkoki da Runduna ta 10 ta Sojoji ta fara ginawa. Sau da yawa ko da yake, muna jin daɗin tafiya ta cikin bishiyoyi da jin daɗin sanyin hunturu, wanda dusar ƙanƙara ta “takalmi” ta katse kawai.

Yawancin ayyukan hunturu a Colorado suna buƙatar ƙwarewa na musamman, da kayan aiki masu tsada da wucewa. Takalma na dusar ƙanƙara, a gefe guda, yana da sauƙi kamar tafiya, kayan aiki ba su da tsada, kuma hanyoyin suna da kyauta, sai dai watakila don kudaden shiga zuwa jiharmu mai ban mamaki ko wuraren shakatawa na kasa. Dillalai na waje kamar Reyi da kuma Christy Wasanni hayar takalman dusar ƙanƙara idan kuna son gwadawa kafin ku saya, ko kuna iya samun nau'ikan da aka yi amfani da su a masu siyar da wasanni na hannu ko kasuwannin kan layi. Sau da yawa mafi kyawun hawan dusar ƙanƙara yana kan tudu mafi girma, amma tsananin dusar ƙanƙara da yanayin sanyi ya zuwa yanzu a wannan shekara ya ba da damar yin hawan dusar ƙanƙara kusan ko'ina. Ranar 28 ga Fabrairu ita ce Ranar Snowshoe na Amurka, don haka me zai hana a gwada ta akan hanyar da kuka fi so?