Uvuye mu muhanda munini, werekeza ku muhanda wa kaburimbo ufite inzira ebyiri yerekeza ku nkombe y'iburasirazuba ya Avalon, uyu muhanda ukunze kuba warakozweho ibirahure, ku buryo bitazwi neza ko ufite ubwoko n'ubugari bwinshi kurusha kaburimbo ya mbere.
Iki ni igihugu cy'ubutayu cya Avalon, gifite igiti cyonyine kiri hejuru y'ibitugu byawe, gikingiwe n'umuyaga, cyihishe mu kibaya.
Ibidendezi n'ibihuru bitagira icyo bimera bikozwe nk'ibitambaro binini, bigera ku mpande zombi, izuba n'ubushyuhe, ubutaka bwumye, kandi impumuro y'ibihuru n'ibishanga by'ubutaka irasendera.
Nahagaritse imodoka yanjye ku gace gato k'igitaka n'amabuye, aho nashoboraga kubona ikidendezi kinini gifite ibuye rizamuka mu buryo butunguranye ku ruhande rumwe. Aha hantu hakunze kuba hari amazi menshi n'amatsinda y'udusimba twitwa trout. Ni nko muri kilometero imwe uvuye ku muhanda, ariko intera iri hano irashishikaje: nta kintu na kimwe mu maso yawe cyo gufata no gushyiraho umunzani usobanutse, uretse uduce tworoshye turi hasi n'udusimba dukozwe n'ibimera bihuhwa n'umuyaga.
Hanyuma, nanyuze mu nzira y'amagare yo mu gishanga hagati y'ibimera byo mu gishanga byari bitose cyane. Ibimera byo mu bishanga gusa byari bikiri bitose bihagije kugira ngo bishobore kurokoka, amababi yabyo asa n'inyenyeri yatangajwe n'ibitonyanga byiza bitose. Ibimera by'umucuzi byari bikomeye kandi byoroshye, nk'aho imvura yari irimo kuza vuba. Ku ruhande rw'umuhanda muto, mu buryo butunguranye itsinda rito ry'inyoni ryari imbere yanjye, ritunguwe kandi ritera impundu, kubera impamvu runaka, rihora rihunga mu cyerekezo kimwe nanjye. Imyitozo yanjye ntizaguruka kugeza igihe urukuta rw'amabuye rugaragara imbere yanjye.
Nafashe umurongo, ntera ifi ntoya cyane, hanyuma nicara ku nkengero z'urutare, nkuramo inkweto n'amasogisi, negamiye ku rutare, maze nkandagira amazi ashyushye y'umukara. Ndumva ijwi rikomeye kandi ryijimye rya Osprey, ariko sinshobora kubona urusaku rwayo mu kirere. Hari umuyaga mwinshi ku mazi, maze ntekereza koga. Imbere y'amaso yanjye, imodoka n'amakamyo rimwe na rimwe bigendera mu muhanda. Urutare rurerure n'inzira z'abanyamaguru bituma umuhanda uba umupaka hagati y'ijuru n'isi, bityo imodoka zigenda ku rugero runaka.
Ibidendezi n'ibihuru bitagira icyo bimera bikozwe nk'ibitambaro binini, bigera ku mpande zombi, izuba n'ubushyuhe, ubutaka bwumye, kandi impumuro y'ibihuru n'ibishanga by'ubutaka irasendera.
Bityo, kwinjira mu modoka, ku nkombe, bisuka mu mazi maremare kandi manini y'umukara n'umugezi muto w'amabuye, wogejwe n'amazi igihe kirekire, ku buryo yose afite isura imwe nk'iy'ibishishwa n'uruziga. Nta mafi menshi abaho, kandi aho ari, afatirwa mu byobo birebire, munsi y'inkombe zaciwe, amazi y'uruzi aragonda agaca hasi munsi y'ibiti, maze amazi atemba vuba mu mfuruka ajyana amabuye munsi y'umugezi. Push ikora imiyoboro n'amadamu. Isazi zarasohotse ziruma amaso y'umukororombya, ariko n'udukoko tw'inkazi twararumwe, twakubise isazi zari zikikije mbere yo kuruma cyane.
Ku ruziga, urusaku rw'amazi menshi atemba rusa n'aho rurimo kurira andi majwi, bityo hari urusaku rworoshye rwo gukaraba rw'amazi yizengurukaho. Izuba rirashyushye cyane, kandi amabuye y'uruzi ari ku mugongo wanjye arashyuha cyane. Nta kuruhuka umunsi n'umwe.
Russell Wangersky’s column appeared in the SaltWire newspaper and website on the Canadian Atlantic coast. You can contact him at russell.wangersky@thetelegram.com-Twitter: @wangersky.