Yeka indlela impilo nemvelo eqhubeka ngayo phakathi kwehlane lase-Arizona
Yindawo lapho uthuli lwama-devils ne-javelinas ligijima khona emigwaqweni phakathi kwesimo sangemuva sangemuva. Lapho "ukushisa okumile" kusekhona okushisayo kunezingcingo zakho ezingasendle ezingacabanga. Yeka ukuthi kunoma yini ehluma ngendlela eyenza ngayo eTuscon, e-Arizona ayiyona into emangalisa isimangaliso.
Kodwa nokho, le-oasis ehlane ifaka indawo eyinhloko yokusimama kanye nomphakathi ukuqhakaza. Kanjani? Kungengxenye ngaphandle kokudingeka (ukungabi namanzi) futhi ingxenye ngoba abantu bayakwazisa ikusasa lehlane.
Ihlane laseSaguaro liyinto enembile kunayo yonke emhlabeni, futhi i-gnarly biodiversity iyanda yonke indawo. I-Sauagro cactus ingaba yizinto eziseduzane nefomu lokuphila elihlukile elibonwe eMhlabeni. I-vibrancy yemvelo ibonakala igxila kwabakhileyo eTucson futhi isethelwe ukukhombisa umhlaba ukuthi ingaba kanjani esimweni sezulu esibi kakhulu ngenkathi ivikela izinsiza. I-Arizona iyingxenye yesibili ezweni elisezingeni eliphezulu le-solar futhi liyisithupha yesilinganiso sobusuku.
Ukufakwa kwelanga akuyona into kuphela ewenza amandla azungezile lapha; I-Watershed Management Group yinye inhlangano enikeza iTucson ibheji lokuqonda kwezemvelo. Ukwazi ukuthi imithombo yamanzi iyigugu kangakanani ehlane, leli qembu lifundisa abantu ukuthi bangavuna kanjani amanzi emvula futhi basebenze ukwakha izixazululo zesikhathi eside kwabakhileyo kanye nomhlaba.
I-Tucson nayo idolobha elinobungane kakhulu lebhayisikili nemicimbi efana ne-Cyclovia noma i-jaunt phezulu noma phansi kwe-Mt. I-Lemmon etholakalayo kwabathandekayo.
I-vibe iyigcina ihlanzekile, i-funky futhi inobungane, abantu.
I-Tucson inezinhlobo ezifanayo "zeqhwa" njenge-Austin ne-Portland, ngaphandle kokuqhutshwa phambili. Lo mkhandlu usanda kuthathwa ngokuthi i-World Gastronomy City yi-UNESCO futhi uyashesha ukuphakamisa lezi zindawo njengezindawo eziphezulu zokuhlala iminyaka eyizinkulungwane.
I-Annual Gem ne-Mineral Show kanye neMifula Yonke Imiphefumulo iletha abantu emhlabeni wonke njalo, kodwa yiyona kuphela ingxenye yezenzakalo eziyingqayizivele ezenzeka edolobheni.
Kulula ukubona ukuthi kungani izakhamuzi zithanda lapha. It has a gritty esidlule kodwa isebenze kanzima eminyakeni embalwa edlule ukuvuselela futhi uqale isahluko esisha. Noma kunjalo, le grittiness iyingxenye yenhle yayo.
"I-Tucson inedolobhana elincane lizizwa likhulu labantu basezindaweni nasezikhathini," kusho uTucson owomdabu kanye nosomabhizinisi, uChristopher Porter. "Uma usukwazi abantu abambalwa, kuba lula ukungena futhi ubone kuwo wonke amadolobha. Ukumomotheka nomswakama yindlela yokuqala engingayithola kubantu engingazi kahle, okwenza kube yindawo efudumele nenobungane ukuba iphile."
Uma uthathe iNorth Exposure cast futhi uzinamathele ehlane, uzoba neTucson. Abanye kulaba bantu abalandelayo namabhizinisi yizibonelo zendlela uTucson enza ngayo amagagasi.
I-Alok Appadurai yizingxenye ezilinganayo ezithobekile, ezithokozisayo futhi eziqaphela umphakathi. Hamba ungene esitolo sakhe, Ukugubha Ngezingxube, futhi ubingelwa ukufudumala komuntu othanda umphakathi wakhe. Co-Isungulwe noJade Beall, umdwebi wezithombe zomhlaba wonke nomama wendodana yabo, baqala ngokudala i-t-shirt yesikhungo somphakathi we-yoga. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, baqala ukuthola ukuthi ukulamba kwezomnotho kulamandla kangakanani eMelika futhi ukuthi izindinganiso zokukhiqiza izingubo ziphansi kangakanani. Ngomntwana endleleni, babesazi ukuthi kufanele benze okuthile ukwenza umthelela omuhle ezizukulwaneni ezizayo.
Ukugubha Izintambo kubangela ukuqwashisa emandleni okuthenga kanye nomthelela omningi okhetho lwakho lokugqoka olwenzayo kwimvelo nalabo abaswele. Ukuthenga okuthile ku-Fed By Threads kusho ukuthi usondla abantu abalambile ezweni lonke. Into ngayinye ithengise imiphumela eminikelweni ekudleni i-America. Lona inhlangano eyabela kabusha ukudla okuhle, okudliwayo okubangelwa ukuthuthwa komhlaba nokudla labo abadingayo. Kusho nokuthi usiza ukudala amathuba kubantu baseMelika. Isitolo sithwala kuphela izinto ezenziwe ngokuqhubekayo ngabakhiqizi base-US futhi ezithuthukisa-ezitolo mahhala. U-99% wezinto ezisetshenziselwa ukwenza izingubo ziyizinto eziphilayo futhi angasebenzisi ama-dyes ensimbi enzima.
Ngaphandle kwemishini ekhuthazayo, i-Fed by Threads yindawo enhle lapho wonke umuntu azi khona. Etholakala emgqeni ophakathi kwedolobha elisemadolobheni, abathengi bangaba nomuzwa wangempela wobunye.
It has a big heart vibe, futhi Alok usezingeni layo konke.
Yehla phansi iCongress Street kuya ku-Proper, i-American eatery enezingqinamba zomhlaba kanye nokugxila okuqhubekayo. Uma ibhizinisi elincane laseTucson linomxholo, liyakuthanda. U-Kris Vrolijk umelela esinye isibonelo sentshiseko yabantu abanakho eTucson. Ihumusha ekudleni kwayo kanye nomkhathi jikelele. Mhlawumbe ingxenye yayo ivela emoyeni wakhe othakazelisayo nothando lomhlaba. U-Kris wayevame ukuhola izinkambo zomfula futhi unobunzima bomlingiswa be-Bear Grylls. Umbono wakhe ku-Proper kufanele ukuhlinzekela ukudla njengendawo yendawo, engokwemvelo kanye nokusimama ngangokunokwenzeka. Londoloza izinto ezimbalwa zokudla zasolwandle, zishaya uphawu futhi ifomu elithokozile. Umqondo wukuthi abathengi bafundiswe futhi bajabule ukuthenga ukudla okwenziwe endaweni kanye nokusimama ukuze isidingo esiphezulu sokudla okucutshungulwa sibe yisikhathi esidlule. Ngisho utshwala selune-spine e-Arizona ecacile kuyo. Abathengisi abanjengoba, i-Del Bac Whiskey, i-Dragoon ne-Borderlands Brewery yonke inayo ikhaya ngemuva kwebhayomu efanelekile.
I-Big Heart Coffee ihlezi eceleni komgwaqo ohlangothini oluseningizimu-ntshonalanga yedolobha ngomhlaka-22 ntambama, okungaqondakali nakwezitolo ezithengiswayo. Blink, futhi uzobe miss it. Ingxenye ye-charm yindlela yokudlela yayo efana ne-diner nokuhlobisa okuthobekile. Thatha ikhofi futhi cishe uhlala eduze nomfana omuhle we-ole nomfundi we-grad ufunde ngokufutheka kude. Isitolo esivuliwe uScott Shaw siyisisekelo esisha saseTucson. Idolobheni lapho ikhofi ilawula khona (Savaya, Cartel, Exo) enye ikhofi ikhombisa ukuthi iyinhlekelele. I-Big Heart ihlukanisa ngokwabelana ngeminikelo ehlukile njalo ngenyanga. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi usengozini kwentsha noma ukondla abangenamakhaya, "inhliziyo" yokusiza isendaweni efanele.
Hlanganisa i-zoo kanye nensimu ye-botanical futhi unayo i-Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum. Njengoba kunoma iyiphi iminyuziyamu noma isikhungo esiphathelene nempilo yasendle, ukulondolozwa kuyisimo esiyisisekelo. Okwenza i-Desert Museum iyingqayizivele ukuthi iDaoran Desert inezindawo eziningi kangaka zokumboza nokuvikela-kusuka e-Arizona ephakathi, yonke indlela eya eMexico nase-Southern California. I-Desert Museum iye yaba nendima emizamweni ehlanganisa uLwandle lweCortez eya emaHlathini aseTropical Deciduous eSouth Southern Sonora. Yini eyenza ukuthi ibe ngaphezu kwalokho okuyingqayizivele ukuthi yindawo evulekile yeminyuziyamu yezingxenye eziningi nezivakashi ezibukela imvelo, kahle, ngokwemvelo! Uma ingaqhakazi, iqhwa noma iqhume lapho ngenkululeko yayo yokuzikhethela, akuyona ingxenye yalokho okuhlangenwe nakho. Amantombazane ikakhulukazi amavolontiya awanolwazi nje kuphela, kodwa abathandi abagwadule kanye. Ukuvakashela i-museum kuyimfuneko kunoma ubani oza endaweni yaseTucson. Ihlanganisa konke ubuhle nobuhle bezinto ezenza ukuphila ehlane kube okhethekile kakhulu.
Ngenkathi ezinye izingxenye zase-Arizona zivame ukugqama iTucson - Grand Canyon .... Ngikubona-idolobhana likhanya ngokucacile elivela kude nakude. Hamba ngaphandle cishe nsuku zonke zonyaka bese ubanga i-sunsets yama-peachy. Uvunyelwe ukuthi uhlanganyele nemvelo lapha. Akusho nje ukuthi ufuna, kuzokutshela. Ukuphefumula kuyahluma kusukela emangcwabeni ehlobo ukutshala izimbali ze-cactus.
Iningi labantu abazohlala lapha abalindeli ukuthanda ngalo, ngendlela ethatha ngayo. Kodwa lokho yingxenye ye-charm. Umphakathi, imvelo nethuba lonke lokuxuba kulabo abazimisele ukukubona.