Ka holoholo ʻana me nā kāmaʻa Clown

ʻO Colorado kahi paradaiso hiking, i helu mau ʻia ma waena o nā mokuʻāina kiʻekiʻe no ka paʻi ʻana i nā ala. Aia ka moku'āina he 5,257 mau ala hele wāwae i helu ʻia ma alltrails.com, ka nui o ia mau mea i loko o kahi kaʻa pōkole mai nā kūlanakauhale ma ka Front Range. ʻO kēia ka mea i hoʻonui nui ʻia nā hikes kaulana loa i nā hopena pule i ke kauwela. No ka poʻe he nui, moe ʻia kēlā mau alahele mai ka wā e lele ai ka hau i ka hāʻule a hiki i ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i ka hopena o ka puna. ʻO nā mea ʻē aʻe, ua loaʻa i kahi ala e leʻaleʻa ai i nā alahele a puni ka makahiki.

ʻO wau a me koʻu ʻohana i waena o nā mākaʻikaʻi kauwela wale nō a hiki i kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei i ko mākou hoʻoholo ʻana e hoʻāʻo i ka hau. I ka puka mua ʻana, ua ʻinoʻino kā mākou mau ʻanuʻu mua. Ua wehewehe kekahi o kā mākou kaikamahine iā ia he "hiking with clown shoes." Akā, i ko mākou hele wāwae ʻana ma waena o nā paina i piha i ka hau a me nā aspen ʻole, hoʻomaka ka hau e hāʻule, a hoʻomaka mākou e hoʻomaha a hauʻoli i ke ʻano kupua. Loaʻa iā mākou ke ala iā mākou iho, a ʻaʻole like ka mehameha me nā mea a mākou i ʻike ai i ke kauwela.

ʻO ka hoʻi ʻana i ka hoʻoilo i nā alahele a mākou i hele mua ai i ke kauwela he mea hoihoi. ʻO kahi laʻana, ʻo ka Wild Basin kahi o Rocky Mountain National Park kahi punahele punahele a ko mākou ʻohana. He hale hale kā koʻu kupuna kāne o kaʻu wahine ma kahi kokoke, no laila ua hele mākou i kēlā ala ma mua o ʻumi mau manawa i ke kauwela me nā ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha he nui i nā makahiki.

Hāʻawi ka hoʻoilo ma Wild Basin i kahi ʻike ʻokoʻa loa. I ke kauwela, hū ka St. Vrain Creek me ka ikaika piha ma luna o nā wailele he nui ma ke ala; i ka hoʻoilo, ua hau a uhi ʻia nā mea a pau. Ma ka wailele ʻo Copeland hiki iā ʻoe ke kū i waenakonu o St. Vrain Creek, kahi mea hiki ʻole ke noʻonoʻo ʻia i ke kauwela. Hoʻokumu ʻo Calypso Cascades i ke kauwela i kahi leo ikaika i kona kahe ʻana ma luna o nā lāʻau i hāʻule a me nā pōhaku; i ka hooilo, malie a malie. Hoʻopuka ka lā kauwela i nā pua ʻāhiu ma ke ala; i ka hoʻoilo, ʻike wale ka lā ma ke awakea ma luna o nā kualono a ma waena o nā kumulāʻau. He mea maʻamau i ke kauwela ke ʻano o nā ʻano heʻe, nā ʻōpala, nā marmot, a me nā manu o kēlā me kēia ʻano; i ka hooilo e moe ana lakou a i ole ua loihi ka lele ana i ka hema. Eia naʻe, ua ʻike mākou i kahi lāʻau e kū ana kona poʻo ʻulaʻula ma ke kua o ka hau, a ʻo nā hares kāmaʻa hau e hana mau ana e like me ka ʻike ʻia e ko lākou mau ala.

ʻO nā huakaʻi hau hau ʻē aʻe ua lawe iā mākou i nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi o ka ʻāina ʻāina, nā kahua hoʻomoana i haʻalele ʻia, nā wahi ski kahiko, a me nā hale hale i kūkulu mua ʻia e ka Māhele Mauna 10 o ka Pūʻali. ʻO ka manawa pinepine, leʻaleʻa wale mākou i ka hele ʻana ma waena o nā kumulāʻau a leʻaleʻa i ka noho mālie o ka hoʻoilo, i keakea wale ʻia e ka hau o kā mākou "kāmaʻa clown."

He nui nā hana hoʻoilo ma Colorado e koi i nā mākau kūikawā, a me nā lako waiwai a me nā pā. ʻO Snowshoeing, ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, ua aneane like me ka maʻalahi e like me ka hele ʻana, ʻaʻohe kumu kūʻai o nā lako, a manuahi nā alahele, koe wale nō paha nā uku komo i ko mākou mokuʻāina kupaianaha a i ʻole nā ​​​​pākaʻi aupuni. ʻO nā hale kūʻai waho e like me REI a ʻO Christy Sports e hoʻolimalima i nā kāmaʻa hau inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻāʻo ma mua o kou kūʻai ʻana, a i ʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i kahi pālua i hoʻohana ʻia ma nā mea kūʻai kūʻai haʻuki lua a i ʻole nā ​​mākeke pūnaewele. ʻO ka manawa pinepine ka hau hau maikaʻi loa ma nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe, akā ʻo nā hau nui a me nā mahana anuanu a hiki i kēia makahiki ua hiki ke hele i ka hau hau kokoke i nā wahi āpau. ʻO ka lā 28 o Pepeluali ʻo ka US Snowshoe Day, no laila, no ke aha e hoʻāʻo ʻole ai ma kāu ala punahele?