Ubusika kungaba yisikhathi esinzima kwabahambi. Iqhwa nomkhuhlane kungase kuholele ekubambezelekeni kwezindiza ezingalindelekile, futhi wenze ukufika nokuya endaweni oya kuyo kuyinselele kunalindelekile. Kodwa, ngokuhamba nge-adventure, ubusika bungabuye bulethe imivuzo emangalisayo. Ngokwesibonelo, izixuku ngokuvamile azikho, futhi ama-landscapes angaphandle ahle kakhulu lapho eboshwe ngengubo entsha yeqhwa.
Ngazibonela zombili lezi zimo ekuvakasheni kwamuva kweQuebec, lapho angizange ngithole khona ithuba lokuhamba ngodaba okokuqala , kodwa futhi ngifake ngenye yezakhiwo ezithandekayo kakhulu engake ngathola ilungelo lokufaka isandla kuqala.
IQuebec ihlala endaweni encane eyaziwa ngokuthi iSaguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. Le ngxenye yesifundazwe isendaweni yasemaphandleni futhi i-rustic kakhulu kunezilungiselelo eziningi zaseMontreal naseQuebec City, kodwa inezinhlobo zayo zezintelezi ezihlanganisa amathonya ahlukile aseYurophu atholakala kulezo zilungiselelo zasemadolobheni. Kodwa i-Saguenay nayo ibuyele kwezinye izifunda ezikude ezihlala zasendle futhi zingasetshenziswa kahle. Kulapho lapho uzothola khona isiGodi samaFantom esiphefumulayo.
E-Parc National des Monts-Valin, i-Valley of the Phantoms yinto ethandwa kakhulu unyaka wonke. Ngesikhathi sehlobo bese kugweba abantu abaningi abahamba ngezinyawo abahamba ngezinyawo ngamakhilomitha angu-77.
Ipaki nayo iyidonsela ethandwayo nabaduni, abaningi babo abaza ukuhlola i-Rivière Valin nge-kayak noma ngesikebhe.
Kodwa phakathi nezinyanga zasebusika lapho indawo ikhanya ngempela. Ngenxa ye-microclimate eyingqayizivele ehlunga umswakama nomoya obandayo esifundeni, isigodi sibona okungaphezu kwesabelo salo esihle seqhwa.
Eqinisweni, le ndawo ethile yaseQuebec ithola okungaphezu kuka-16 amamitha amahlanu eqhwa ngonyaka, ehlanganisa yonke indawo epholile, epholile.
IsiGodi samaFantom empeleni sithola igama layo kuwo wonke lawo mvula. Izihlahla ezitholakala lapho zihlangene eqhweni naseqhweni sonke isikhathi, futhi zinikezwa ngamagama ngokuthi "izihlahla ezifuywayo" ngenxa yalokho. Lesi simo esifanayo sibonakala ezindaweni ezifana neJerstonestone National Park e-US, nakuba kungenjalo nje njengokusakazeka noma okuvelele njengoba kulapha. Lokhu kukhishwa kweqhwa kwenza i-landscape ibonakale njengento evela kwifilimu ye-Disney yamafilimu efriziwe , ebeka ukubukeka okufanele kubonakale ukuthi kukholelwa.
Ngifika esigodini ngasekuqaleni kukaFebruwari lapho kungabi khona yonke ikhefu lonyaka weqhwa lase lihlasele phansi. Noma kunjalo, kwakukhona inqwaba ye-powder ukuzungeza okungenani ngamamitha ama-3) kakade afakwe phansi emkhathini ebusika. Kwakuyinto ecacile ngesikhathi ngivakashele, into engitshelwe yona ayidlangalaleni phakathi nezinyanga ezinzima zonyaka. Lezo zulu ezicacile zaletha ukushisa okushisa, kodwa i-mercury ihamba cishe--15 degrees Fahrenheit (-26 degrees C) usuku lonke.
Umoya wokulila wenza ukuba uzizwe ucindezelekile kunalokho.
Ukuma kokuqala kunoma yikuphi ukuhamba ngezinyawo okuya esikhungweni yisikhungo sehambeli esingaphakathi kwesango likapaki. Ukusuka lapho, ungathola izimvume zokuhamba, ubeke isihlalo esihlalweni se-snowcat, futhi uthathe noma yiziphi izinhlinzeko zomzuzu wokugcina noma igesi ongayidinga ngalolo suku. Ngakusasa ukuthi ngangikhona - okwakuphakathi kweviki - kwakuseningi elikhulu, futhi kunezivakashi eziningi ezilindele ukuphuma. Ngezimpelasonto, uzofuna ukuya lapho kusenesikhathi futhi uvumele isikhathi esanele.
Ngemva kokuhlala isikhashana ezindaweni ezifudumele zezivakashi, kwafika izinqamu zeqhwa futhi mina nabangane bami sasiyithatha amasaka esikhwameni, izinhlanhla, nezinye izimpahla, futhi sagibela izimoto ezilandelwayo. Eyakhelwe ukuqinisekisa ukuhamba okuphephile ngeqhwa elijulile, imishini ivuliwe eceleni komgwaqo okungenakwenzeka ukubonakala kwezinye izinyanga ezimbili okungenani.
Kuthatha cishe imizuzu engaba ngu-45 ukugibela e-trailhead lapho sizoqala khona ukuhamba kwethu. Lokhu kunikeze wonke umuntu ku-snowcat ithuba lokuzana, futhi ahlole indawo esizobe sihamba kuyo ngalolo suku futhi. Ukushayela kwakuyisimangaliso, kodwa ngesikhathi sokuma, cishe wonke umuntu wayezimisele ukushaya umzila.
Kungakabiphi, safika enhlokweni ye-trail, saqedela ukuqoqa izendlalelo zethu ezifudumele, safaka ama-snowshoes ethu, sahamba. Umzila uqala endaweni ephansi kakhulu, kodwa ngokushesha uqala ukukhuphuka kancane, kodwa uhamba kancane. Njengoba kuneqhwa elikhulu njengoba ipaki ithola njalo ngonyaka, umzila kufanele ulungiswe izikhathi eziningana ngesonto ukuze uqhubeke nokuqongelela okuqhubekayo. Lokhu akugcini nje ukwenza umzila ulula kakhulu ukulandela, kodwa kulula ukuhamba futhi. Eqinisweni, ngezinye izikhathi, kwakulungiswa kahle kangangokuthi ungase ungadingi ngisho nokusebenzisa izinhlanzi.
Njengoba usuka emgwaqweni futhi ungene ehlathini, ubuhle beqiniso be-Valley of the Phantoms bubonakala ngokushesha. Izihlahla zikaphayini ezakha ihlathi elizungezile lilula kuze kube yilapho iso lingabona khona, zihlanganisa amagquma aseduze olwandle oluhlaza. Kodwa bona ngokwabo bahlangene nalesi sigqoko seqhwa, njalo sibanika ukubukeka okuyingqayizivele okungatholakali kwenye indawo. Ngempela iphendulela le ndawo ibe yindawo engabonakali yasebusika engenakulinganiswa kuzo zonke izinyawo zami.
Izihlahla ezihlanganiswe ngeqhwa nazo zenza umoya omuhle, ngakho kungakabiphi ngathola ukuthi ngiyasebenza ngokuzikhukhumeza naphezu kwezimo ezibandayo. Umzila oya enkundleni yezintaba awukona ikakhulukazi, kodwa ukunyuka phezulu ngenkathi ugqoke izinkinobho kuzokwenza inhliziyo yakho ikhube. Imali yalokho kungukuthi imibono ivele ibe ngcono kangcono nxazonke, ngezimanga ezintsha zokuthola endleleni.
Ngemuva kokuhamba amahora ambalwa sathola ukubona okuhle kakhulu. Ipaki inezindlu eziningana zokufudumala eziseduze nemigwaqo yayo, enikeza izivakashi ithuba lokuphuma emakhazeni futhi zijabulele ukudla kwazo kwasemini ngokunethezeka. Lezo zindlu zifaka izitofu ezivuthayo zokhuni, okugcina ingaphakathi lifudumele futhi limile. Kwakuyindawo enhle yokuchitha izingxenye ezimbalwa, phumula kancane, futhi uthole ukukhululeka emakhazeni.
Ngaphandle kwezindlu zokufudumala, kunezimboni eziningana ezikhudlwana ezingagcinwa kulabo abafuna ukuchitha ubusuku ngaphandle komzila. Lezo zindawo zithandwa kakhulu ezinyangeni zasehlobo, kodwa zithola umdlali webusika ohlala njalo. Eyisisekelo kanye ne-rustic, azikho izinto eziningi ezinikezwayo, kodwa ngesitofu esivuthayo sokhuni sishisiwe, benza indawo enhle yokuhlala, ngisho nasezinsukwini ezibandayo.
Ukuphefumula kwethu emakhazeni akuzange kuhlale isikhathi eside, futhi ngaphambi kokuba sazi ukuthi siphenduke endleleni futhi siqhubekela phezulu. Kwakungamakhilomitha ambalwa nje ukuya enhlanganweni, ehlezi ngamamitha angu-984 amancane. Lokho akuyona ukuphakama okuyokuthinta kakhulu, kepha uma ujwayele ukuhlala olwandle, ungase uzizwe ngandlela-thile. Isiphakamiso sami ukuwuphuza futhi uhlale unamanzi. Ukunyuka kuya phezulu kwentaba kulula, kepha awufuni ukuyiqeda.
Uma ukuhamba ukuya enkundleni kwakuhle, umbono ovela obala phezulu wawumane uhle kakhulu. Ukusuka lapho uthola umbono wendawo yonke eyungezile, kufaka phakathi amahlumela amahlathi ashisayo, imifula egelezayo namachibi amaningi. Kwakuyindawo enhle ukubona ukuthi i-microclimate yesigodi iqala ngempela futhi iphela, njengoba kwakukhona ukucaciswa okucacile lapho iqhwa liwela khona ngaphandle kwemingcele yepaki. Lokhu kwanezela kuphela ekuveleleni kwendawo, kodwa, kusikhumbuza konke ukuthi kwakuyindawo ekhethekile kakhulu.
Ukuhlehla kwehla kwentaba bekuyobe kusheshayo, kepha iqembu lami lanquma ukuhamba endleleni bese lihlola ingaphakathi lezwe ngokugcwele ngokugcwele. Lokhu akuyona into engingayincoma kunoma ngubani noma kunjalo, ngoba kungaba lula ukulahleka kakhulu ehlathini. Ngenhlanhla, sasihambisane nomqondisi wendawo, owayesazi kahle ukuthi iP Valley yePantant. Ngesikhathi sonke sasihlehliswa ngokushesha, wayehlale eyazi indlela efanele yokuhamba futhi esigcina sihamba ngendlela efanele.
Ukuhamba ngomzila, ukuhamba kwaphenduka inselele nakakhulu, futhi izinga langempela leqhwa labonakala. Ngesikhathi esingaphezu kwesinye umuntu othile eqenjini wawela emgodini eqhweni futhi wazithola wangcwatshwa esihlalweni, uma kungenjalo. Lokho kwenzelwe ukunciphisa ukuhamba ngezigaba ezijulile zezinkuni, kodwa futhi kwasiza ekuthuthukiseni i-adventure futhi. Ngokuyinhloko sasihleka njalo lapho kwenzeka, futhi senze konke okusemandleni ethu ukusiza lo muntu ukuba abuyele ezinyaweni zakhe.
Ukuhamba kweqhwa lokugcina e-snowcat emagqabini entabeni ngo-4: 00 PM, ngakho-ke kubalulekile ukuthi uhla ngaphambi kwalokho. Uma kungenjalo, ungase uthole uboshiwe ubusuku, noma ubheke ukuhamba okude kakhulu ukuya esikhungweni sesivakashi. Saphelela ukuhlala egumbini elihle ngaphakathi kwepaki kazwelonke ngokwayo, kanti ngenkathi uhambo lwethu oludabula iSigodi samaFantom seluqedile, bekuyihloko yokuxoxisana okuningi ngosuku lwesidlo ngalobo busuku.
Kuze kube sekupheleni kwemifula yasebusika, uzobe ucindezelwe kanzima ukuthola okuthakazelisayo njengalesi sigodi. Kuyafaneleka ukuvakashela eQuebec ukuhamba ngokuya eSigodini seFantoms yedwa, futhi manje sekuphakathi kwezindawo engizithandayo zasebusika. Uma futhi ujabulela i-adventure yezulu ebandayo ebanda kakhulu, le ndawo kufanele ibe ohlwini lwakho "kumele lubone".