Umqolo weetreyila zeAirstream upakishwe kwindawo yokugcina impahla eLand Yacht Harbor eThurston County, eWashington, ngoMeyi 28, 2008. (UDrew Perine/The News Tribune via Associated Press)
Ngowama-2020, emva kokuvalwa kwesitudiyo sobugcisa endandisiqhuba embindini wedolophu yasePalmer, ndaqala ukuphupha ngokwakha nokusebenzisa isitudiyo sobugcisa esiphathwayo. Ingcinga yam kukuba ndiyise isitudiyo esiphathwayo ngqo kwindawo entle yangaphandle ndize ndipeyinte, ndidibane nabantu endleleni. Ndikhethe iAirstream njengetreyila endiyithandayo ndaza ndaqala ukuyila nokuxhasa ngemali.
Endikuqondayo ephepheni kodwa kungekuko ngokwenene kukuba lo mbono wam ufuna ukuba ndibe netreyila kwaye ndiyisebenzise.
Emva kweenyanga ezimbalwa ndithathe i-cocktail, ndancokola nabahlobo bam ixesha elincinci befuna ukuva zonke iinkcukacha. Bandibuza imibuzo malunga noyilo, imodeli, uyilo lwangaphakathi, endiyiphendule ngokulula ngokusekelwe kwiimodeli ezineenkcukacha endandiziphandile. Kodwa ke imibuzo yabo yaqala ukuba neenkcukacha ngakumbi. Bakuba befumanise ukuba andikaze ndingene kwi-airstream, abazange bakhawuleze bayifihle i-alamu ebusweni babo kangangokuba bade bangayihoyi. Ndaqhubeka nencoko, ndiqinisekile ngezimvo zam.
Ndaqonda ukuba kufuneka ndifunde ukuqhuba itreyila ngaphambi kokuba ndiyithathe e-Ohio ndiyibuyisele e-Alaska. Ngoncedo lomhlobo, ndakwenza oko.
Ndingumntu okhulele kwiitente, ndiqala ngetente enkulu kakhulu enamagumbi amabini utata awayithengela usapho lwethu ngeminyaka yoo-90, yathatha iiyure ezimbini ukuyimisa, ekugqibeleni ndagqiba ekubeni ndifumane itente ye-REI yeminyaka emithathu, sele kubonwe iintsuku ezingcono ngoku. Ndinayo netente yeminyaka emine esetyenzisiweyo ngoku! Ndinendawo ebandayo!
Okwangoku, yiyo loo nto. Ngoku, ndinetreyila. Ndiyayitsala, ndiyibuyisele, ndiyilungise, ndiyikhuphe yonke into, ndiyizalise, ndiyixhome, ndiyibeke ecaleni, ndiyikhuphe ebusika, njl.
Ndikhumbula ndidibana nendoda kunyaka ophelileyo kwindawo yokulahla inkunkuma eTonopah, eNevada. Wafaka le tube ibhityileyo kwitreyila emngxunyeni ophantsi kwekhonkrithi, endiyithatha njengenkqubo edinisayo "yokulahla inkunkuma". Itreyila yakhe inkulu kakhulu kwaye ivimba ilanga.
“Ingxaki yemali,” utshilo, njengoko mna nomyeni wam sizalisa itephu yamanzi okusela yesitishi ngejagi yamanzi etyumkileyo esiyithenge kwivenkile yeedola—ngexesha sasibonisa ubomi kwiveni ukuze sibone ukuba ngokwenene yinto esiyithandileyo; sayinandipha; sayenza loo nto. “Ayipheli. Ukucinezela, ukuzalisa, yonke into yokulungisa.”
Nangona kunjalo, ngenxa yokuhamba komoya, ndazibuza kancinci: Ngaba yile nto ndiyifunayo ngokwenene? ​​Ngaba ndisafuna ukutsala indlu enkulu enamavili kunye nesikhululo sokulahla inkunkuma apho kufuneka ndibambe khona umbhobho orhabaxa ndize ndihlambe amanzi amdaka avela kwisixhobo sam ndiwafake emhlabeni? Andizange ndikwazi ukusebenza kule ngcamango kuba ndandisele nditsaleleke kwingcamango yam, kodwa yayihleli nje ngaphantsi komhlaba.
Nantsi into: ewe, le trailer ifuna umsebenzi omninzi. Kukho izinto endingenakuxelelwa mntu, njengokuba kufuneka ndibe ngumkhokeli ojika umva ukuze ndilungelelanise i-hitch yelori netrailer ngokuchanekileyo. Ngaba yiloo nto abantu abafanele bayenze?! Kwakukho namanzi amnyama nangwevu aphumayo, nto leyo eyayiyinto ecekisekayo njengoko bendicinga.
Kodwa ikwakhululekile kakhulu kwaye iyathuthuzela. Ndingaphakathi nangaphandle ngaxeshanye, kwaye iindawo ezimbini endizithandayo zahlulwe ludonga oluncinci kakhulu. Ukuba nditshiswe lilanga okanye lina imvula, ndingangena kwitreyila ndivule iifestile ndize ndonwabele umoya kunye nombono ngelixa ndisanandipha isofa kwaye ndiphefumla kancinci kwimozulu. Ndingatya isidlo sangokuhlwa ndibukele ukutshona kwelanga.
Ngokungafaniyo neentente, ndingakwazi ukuphumla ukuba ndinabamelwane abangxolayo kwindawo yokukhempisha. Ifeni ngaphakathi yenza isandi. Ukuba yimvula enkulu, andikhathazeki ngamadama aqukuqelayo apho ndilala khona.
Ndisajonga-jonga kwiindawo zokupaka iitreyila ezingenakuphepheka ndigqibela ndimangalisiwe kukufikelela kwabo lula kwiindawo zokunxibelelana, izitishi zokulahla inkunkuma, i-Wi-Fi kunye nokuhlamba impahla, ngoku ndingumntu othanda iitreyila, andingomntu ohlala kwiintente. Lilinge elinomdla lokwaziwa, mhlawumbi kuba ndiziva ngathi ndinamandla ngandlela thile kwaye ngenxa yoko ndingaphezulu kwabanye abantu ngempahla yabo entle neyomeleleyo.
Kodwa ndiyayithanda le trailer. Ndiyawathanda amava ahlukeneyo endifumana ngaphandle. Ndivulelekile kakhulu kwaye ndiyayamkela le nxalenye intsha yobuwena bam, nto leyo ebeyimangalisa kakhulu ngelixa ndifezekisa amaphupha am.