Pakati pa Nyanja ya Cortez ndi Pacific Ocean, m'mphepete mwa Tropic of Cancer, ku Baja California peninsula, pali "chilumba cha mitambo ndi ma conifers" enieni omwe amatuluka m'chipululu chachikulu cha Baja California.
Paradaiso wodabwitsayu "Darwinian" adachokera koyambirira kwa Pleistocene, nthawi yomwe nyengo idaloleza kukula kwa "chilumba chachilengedwe", chomwe chili m'mapiri amiyala ya granite yopangidwa ndi Sierra de la Trinidad, mwala waukulu womwe umaphatikizapo Sierra de la Victoria, La Laguna, ndi San Lorenzo, omwe amasiyanitsidwa ndi mitsinje ikuluikulu isanu ndi iwiri. Mayendedwe asanu mwa awa, a San Dionisio, a Zorra de Guadalupe, a San Jorge, a Agua Caliente ndi a San Bernardo, otchedwa Boca de la Sierra, amapezeka pa Gulf otsetsereka, ndi enawo awiri, a Pilitas ndi a La Burrera ku Pacific.
Paradaiso wamkuluyu wazachilengedwe ali ndi malo okwana 112,437 ha ndipo adalengezedwa kuti "Sierra de la Laguna" Biosphere Reserve, kuti ateteze zinyama ndi nyama zomwe zimakhalamo, chifukwa zambiri zili pachiwopsezo cha kutha .
Kukumana kwathu koyamba pamalowo kunali nkhalango zowuma, komanso ndi nkhalango ndi zimphona zazikulu. Madambo ndi malo otsetsereka omwe ali ndi mapiri ataphimbidwa ndi chilengedwe chosangalatsa komanso chochititsa chidwi, chomwe chimayamba kuchokera pa 300 mpaka 800 mita kumtunda kwa nyanja ndipo kumakhala mitundu pafupifupi 586 yazomera, pomwe 72 imapezeka. Pakati pa cacti titha kuwona saguaros, pitayas, chollas opanda minga, cardón barbón ndi viznagas; Tidawonanso agave monga sotol ndi mezcal, ndi mitengo ndi zitsamba monga mesquite, palo blanco, palo verde, torote blanco ndi colorado, hump, epazote ndi datilillo, yucca yomwe imadziwika m'derali. Zomera izi zimakhala ndi zinziri, nkhunda, nkhwangwa, queleles ndi mbewa za caracara. Komanso, amphibiya, abuluzi ndi njoka monga rattlesnake ndi chirrionera amakhala m'dera lotsika la nkhalango.
Tikuyenda mumsewu wafumbi wopita ku La Burrera, masamba adasintha ndipo malowo anali obiriwira; nthambi za mitengoyo ndi maluwa ake achikaso, ofiira komanso a violet anali osiyana kwambiri ndi kuuma kwa cacti. Ku Burrera tidanyamula ziwetozo ndi zida ndikuyamba kuyenda (tinalipo 15 tonse). Tikamakwera, njirayo imayamba kuchepa komanso kupindika, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti nyama zizivuta kuyenda, ndipo m'malo ena katundu amayenera kutsitsidwa kuti azitha kudutsa. Pamapeto pake, titayenda movutikira maola asanu, tinafika ku Palmarito, yotchedwanso Ojo de Agua chifukwa cha mtsinje womwe umadutsa pamalopo. Pamalo amenewa nyengo inali yotentha kwambiri, mitambo idadutsa mitu yathu ndipo tidapeza nkhalango yayikulu ya thundu. Gulu lazomera limakhala pakati pa nkhalango yotsika kwambiri ndi nkhalango ya pine-oak, ndipo chifukwa cha malo otsetsereka a malowa ndiye wosalimba kwambiri komanso wosavuta kuwononga. Mitundu yayikulu yomwe imapanga ndi oak oak ndi guayabillo, ngakhale ndizofala kuti mupeze mitundu kuchokera kunkhalango yotsika monga torote, bebelama, papache ndi chilicote.
Pamene timapita patsogolo, malowo anali odabwitsa kwambiri, ndipo titafika pamalo otchedwa La Ventana pamtunda wa mamita 1200 pamwamba pa nyanja, tinapeza umodzi mwa malo okongola kwambiri mdziko lathu. Madera akumapiri ankatsatizana, akudutsa mitundu yonse yobiriwira yomwe mungaganizire, ndipo kutsogoloku tinkayang'ana ku Pacific Ocean.
Pakukwera, m'modzi mwa anzathu adayamba kumva chisoni ndipo atafika ku La Ventana sanatenge gawo lina; adagwa ndi disc ya herniated; Miyendo yake sinamvekenso, milomo yake inali yofiirira ndipo kupweteka kunali kwakukulu kwambiri, kotero Jorge adayenera kumubaya jekeseni wa morphine ndipo Carlos adayenera kumutsitsa kumbuyo kwa bulu.
Pambuyo pa ngozi yoopsa iyi tidapitilira ndi ulendowu. Timapitilizabe kukwera, timadutsa malo a thundu ndipo pamtunda wa 1,500 m pamwamba pa nyanja timapeza nkhalango ya pine-oak. Chilengedwechi ndi chomwe chimalamulira mapiri mpaka kufika kumalo otchedwa El Picacho, omwe ndi 2,200 m pamwamba pa nyanja ndipo kuchokera komwe tsiku loyera la Pacific Ocean ndi Nyanja ya Cortez zitha kuwonedwa nthawi yomweyo.
Mitundu yayikulu yomwe imakhala mderali ndi thundu lakuda, mtengo wa sitiroberi, sotol (mitundu ya kanjedza yopezeka) ndi mtengo wamapaini. Zomera izi zapanga njira zosinthira monga mizu yayikulu komanso zimayambira pansi pa nthaka, kuti zipulumuke kutsatira kuyambira Epulo mpaka Julayi.
Masana anali kugwa, zitunda zinali utoto wagolide, mitambo idathamanga pakati pawo, ndipo mawonekedwe akumlengalenga anali achikaso ndi lalanje mpaka ofiirira ndi a buluu usiku. Timapitilizabe kuyenda ndipo tikadutsa pafupifupi maola naini tikufika kuchigwa chotchedwa La Laguna. Zigwa zimapanga chilengedwe china chosangalatsa m'derali ndipo mitsinje yaying'ono imadutsamo momwe amakhala achule ndi mbalame zikwizikwi. Amakhulupirira kuti m'mbuyomu anali ndi dziwe lalikulu, lomwe kulibeko ngakhale lidalembedwa pamapu. Zigwa zikuluzikulu kwambiri izi zimadziwika kuti Laguna, chimakhala ndi mahekitala 250 ndipo ndi 1 810 m pamwamba pamadzi; zina ziwiri zofunika ndi Chuparrosa, yomwe ili pamtunda wa 1,750 m pamwamba pa nyanja komanso malo a 5 ha, ndi yotchedwa La Cieneguita, pafupi ndi Laguna.
Ponena za mbalame, m'chigawo chonse cha Los Cabos timapeza mitundu 289, mwa mitundu 74 yomwe imakhala ku Lagoon ndipo 24 mwa izi ndizomwe zimapezeka m'derali. Mwa mitundu yomwe imakhalamo tili ndi nkhandwe yotchedwa peregrine, mbalame yotchedwa Santus hummingbird, yomwe imapezeka m'mphepete mwa nyanja, komanso pitorreal yomwe imakhala momasuka m'nkhalango za thundu.
Pomaliza, titha kunena kuti ngakhale sitinawawone, m'chigawochi muli nyama monga Mule deer, zomwe zitha kutha chifukwa chakusaka mosasankha, mbewa yamwala, kudera lonselo, makoswe, zikopa, mileme, nkhandwe , ma raccoon, zikopa, mphiri ndi mkango wamphiri kapena cougar.
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