E kipa i ke kahakai o ka Lone Star State
Uaʻike pinepine nā mea noho a me nā malihini o ka poʻe malihini e pili ana i ke kahakai o kahakai ma ke alanui Padre Island National Seashore kokoke i Corpus Christi . A hele nā tausani i nā kahakai kahakai o South Padre Island i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Eia naʻe, uaʻike kekahi mau mea e pili ana iā Boca Chica Beach, kahi kahakai ma kaʻaoʻao hema o Texas e hui pū ana i nāʻano maikaʻi loa o kēlā mau koleka kaulanaʻo Gulf of Mexico.
Ka'Āina Kūlohelohe
ʻO Boca Chica Beach aia ma ka hikina o Brownlasville e noho ana ma kahi kahakai peni e hoʻokaʻawaleʻia mai Mexico mai e Rio Grande River a haʻaleleʻia mai South Padre Island e ka Brazos Santiago Pass. Ma waho aʻe o kahi mau hale ma luna o nā pali kokoke i ka paina, kahi āu eʻike ai mai South Padre Island, a me kahi huakaʻi e hele ana i ke Kai Kūʻonoʻo Mexico,ʻaʻoleʻoe eʻike i kahi uluʻana ma Boca Chica Beach. Aʻoiaiʻo ia ka kahakai hema loa ma Texas, eʻike mauʻiaʻoe he maʻemaʻe, e hoʻomaʻemaʻeʻia nā wai'ōmaʻomaʻo ma luna o ke one.
ʻO kahiʻoihana kūpono o ka Hale Hoʻoilina o ka Moana Nuiʻo Rio Rio Valley i hoʻomaluʻia e ka US Fish & Wildlife Service, kahi kahakai 8 mile ma Boca Chica ma mua o ka hoʻomaluʻana i nā paʻakai paʻakai, nā mea kanu mangrove, a me nāʻawa lepo i kapaʻia he lomas . ʻO ka lelo o ke kai eʻe o ke Keʻeepa,ʻo ia ka nalu maʻamau nui loa i ka honua, e lele i ka moana a me ke kauwela. Holoʻo Aplomado a me nā'ekenelo peregrine ma waena o ka'āpana, a me nā hawks, a me nā manu lele, a me nā manu'ē aʻe e hele pinepine ana i kahakai.
Ka wai a me ka hoʻokele'āina
ʻO Boca Chica i nele i nā pono o kēia manawa,ʻo ia no nā hana hoʻolimalima likeʻole, e like me ka holoʻana i ka heʻenalu,ʻauʻau, ka heʻenalu, ka panaʻana, ka papapā, a me ka manu manu. ʻO ka nele o nā halehana, ponoʻoe e lawe i kāu mau waiwai pono'ī no kēlā me kēiaʻanoʻoihana āu e makemake ai, me ka nui o ka wai inu, ka meaʻai, ka pale umauma, ka pipi lāʻau, kahi mea kōkua mua, a me nā mea'ē aʻe'ē aʻe no kou pale pono'ī a me ka hōʻoluʻolu.
E makaʻala i ka kanaka Portuguese man o 'ke kaua, kahi mea likeʻole e like me keʻano o nā manu e hoʻonāukiuki ana i keʻiliʻeleʻele a lilo i mea nui ma hope o nāʻino.
Hiki i nā poʻe noho noho keʻike e pili ana i kēia wahi, no laila hiki ke loaʻa nā hua'ōlelo nui aʻe ma mua o ka mea e manaʻo aiʻoe, i nā hopena pule. E lawe mai i kahiʻeke e hana ai i kāuʻona pono'ī a me nā mea i waihoʻia ma hope e nā poʻe malihini kipa. Hōʻole nā kānāwai o ka moku i nā meaʻona lama a me nā mea momona; ʻo ia hoʻi, e hōʻole nā malihini mai ka hānaiʻana i nā mea hihiu a me ka hōʻiliʻili a iʻole e hoʻopilikia i nā mea kanu a me nā mea hihiu.
Loaʻa i laila
Mai Brownsville, e hele i ke alanui Highway 4 ma kahi o 23 mau mile a hiki i kona makeʻana-hopena i ke one. Ke hikiʻoe i kahakai, hiki iāʻoe ke hele pololei i ka waha o Rio Grande aiʻole e kau i kahi hema a holo i ka'ākau'ākau e kū pono ana i kaʻaoʻao o South Padre Island. Hiki i nā kaʻa kaʻa i ke alanui ke hele ma luna o ke one, akā naʻe, ua pāpā ikaika loa ka puʻuhonua ma ke alanui. Hiki ke kahakai mai ka lā hikina o ka lā a hiki i ka pukaʻana o ka lā ākea a komo ka puka komo; ʻAʻole hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻomoana aiʻole e noho i kahi pō i ka pō hoʻokahi.