Kuva mu nzira nyabagendwa, werekeza kumuhanda wa asfalt ebyiri zerekeza ku nkombe y'iburasirazuba bwa Avalon, uyu muhanda ukunze kuba wuzuye, ku buryo bidashidikanywaho ko umuhanda ufite ibisekuru byinshi hamwe na kare kurusha asfalt yambere.
Ubu ni igihugu kitagira ubutayu cya Avalon, gifite igiti cyonyine kiri hejuru y'ibitugu byawe, cyahagaritswe n'umuyaga, cyihishe mu kibaya.
Ibyuzi n'ibihuru bitarumbuka byashyizwe hejuru nk'ibitambara binini, bigera kuri horizon ku mpande zombi, izuba n'ubushyuhe, ubutaka bwumutse, kandi impumuro y'ibihuru n'ibiti by'ibiti byuzuye.
Nahagaritse imodoka yanjye ku gice gito cy'umwanda na kaburimbo, aho nabonaga icyuzi kinini gifite izamuka ritunguranye ry'urutare rwo ku nkombe ku ruhande rumwe. Aha hantu hakunze kugira amazi yimbitse n'amashuri ya trout. Hafi ya kilometero imwe uvuye kumuhanda, ariko intera hano iragerageza: ntakintu mumaso yawe ushobora gufata no gushyiraho igipimo gisobanutse, gusa ibintu byoroshye byoroshye hasi hamwe nibintu biva mubihingwa bitwarwa numuyaga.
Hanyuma, nanyuze mu kayira ko mu gishanga hafi y'ibiti byo mu gishanga hafi. Gusa izuba ryizuba ryinyamanswa ryasaga nkaho ritose kugirango rirokoke, amababi yabo ameze nkinyenyeri yashimishijwe nigitonyanga cyiza gifatika. Ibiti by'ikibindi byari bikomeye kandi byoroshye, nkaho imvura iza vuba. Kuruhande rw'umuhanda muto, mu buryo butunguranye umukumbi muto w'inyoni wari imbere yanjye, ndareba kandi wishimye, kubera impamvu runaka, uhora uhunga mu cyerekezo kimwe nanjye. Ibirori byanjye byo kwitoza ntibizaguruka kugeza urukuta rwurutare rugaragara imbere yanjye.
Nafashe umurongo, ndazamura mfata ifi nini yo hagati, hanyuma nicara ku nkombe y'urutare, nkuramo inkweto n'amasogisi, negamiye urutare, maze nkandagira ku mazi ashyushye. Ndashobora kumva ijwi rirenga kandi ryiza rya Osprey, ariko sinshobora kubona ijwi ryayo mwijuru. Ku mazi hari akayaga, maze ntekereza koga. Rimwe na rimwe, imodoka n'amakamyo rimwe na rimwe bigenda mu muhanda. Amabuye yazamuye hamwe ninzira nyabagendwa bituma umuhanda umupaka uhuza ijuru nisi, bityo ibinyabiziga bigenda murwego runaka.
Ibyuzi n'ibihuru bitarumbuka byashyizwe hejuru nk'ibitambara binini, bigera kuri horizon ku mpande zombi, izuba n'ubushyuhe, ubutaka bwumutse, kandi impumuro y'ibihuru n'ibiti by'ibiti byuzuye.
Kubwibyo, kwinjira mumodoka, kuruhande rwinyanja, bitemba mumazi maremare kandi yagutse yamazi yumukara ninzuzi ntoya yamabuye, yogejwe namazi umwanya muremure, kuburyo bose bafite ibishashara bimwe kandi bisa. Nta mafi menshi, kandi aho ari, bafatiwe mu mwobo muremure, munsi yinkombe zaciwe, amazi yinzuzi arunama kandi agabanya ubutaka munsi yibi biti, kandi amazi atemba yihuta ku mfuruka atwara amabuye hepfo ya Push kugirango akore ingomero n'ingomero. Umusigiti arasohoka, arumwa n'isazi n'amaso y'umukororombya, ariko n'ikinyoni na cyo, kirasa isazi zikikije mbere yo kuruma bikabije.
Ku murongo, ijwi rya shoal y'amazi atemba risa nkaho rirya andi majwi, bityo rero hari urusaku rworoheje rwo gukaraba rwamazi rwizunguruka. Izuba rirashyushye cyane, kandi urutare rwinzuzi rwanjye ruba rushyushye. Nta kiruhuko cy'umunsi.
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.