Cuttyhunk Yabata Imayatsa Kuwotcha Nkhumba Kwapachaka

Zochitika pano zimachokera ku usodzi ndi gombe kupita kumayendedwe amapiri ndi mayendedwe afumbi. Pafupifupi theka la chilumbachi ndi malo otseguka . Monga momwe anthu a pachilumbachi amanenera: Ngati simungathe kumasuka kuno, simungathe kumasuka.

Palibe malo odyera kapena mipiringidzo yoyenera, koma ngolo zazakudya zomwe zili pafupi ndi doko zimagulitsa masangweji opangidwa ndi mazira ndi tchizi pa ma muffin achi Portuguese. Soprano's amagulitsa pitsa pamatebulo akutsogolo kwa bwalo, pomwe achichepere amapeza achule kudziwe lapafupi.

Pa Cuttyhunk, ana amathamanga mwaufulu; nyumba zazing'ono zokhala ndi ma shingles okhala ndi mapiri otsetsereka; ngolo zokongoletsedwa ndi manja za gofu ndi zonyamulira zimayenda m'misewu; ndipo odutsa ngalawa amalandiridwa ndi moni komanso kuyang'ana m'maso komwe kumayambira kukambirana.

Anthu okhala pachilumbachi (pafupifupi 40 chaka chonse, mazana angapo m'chilimwe) amati pali chinachake chikuchitika kuno pafupifupi usiku uliwonse. Koma chochitika chachikulu chidzakhala Loweruka pachaka chowotcha nkhumba.

Tikayang'ana chaka chatha, n'zosavuta kuona chifukwa chowotcha ndi chofunika kwambiri. Malo odyera ku New Bedford a Dale Bishop adafika paboti masana kuti ayambe kuwotcha 6:30 p.m. chakudya chamadzulo ndi kuvina zomwe zimapindulitsa dipatimenti yozimitsa moto, malo ogona, ndi mapulogalamu a ana.

Anthu ankakhamukira ku Post Office ya pachilumbachi ya 8-by-10-foot, yomwe imakhala ndi mabokosi a makalata 88, ambiri ali ndi makiyi otsala. Emily Petrulli, yemwe kale anali woyang’anira positi, asanaganize za kuchuluka kwa anthu a pachilumbachi amene amakawotcha nkhumba, wogulayo anawauza kuti ndi 99.7 peresenti.” Petrulli, amene anakulira ku Foxborough koma anasamukira ku chilumbachi mu 1997, anawonjezera kuti: Ena mwa anthu 100 alionse amafika pambuyo pa nkhumba. , chifukwa si aliyense amene ali mu izo, koma kwa phwando ndi kuvina. Anthu pafupifupi 100 okha ndi omwe amachokera kuzilumba zakunja.

Pofika 7 p.m. nkhumbazo zinathyoledwa bwino, n’kusiya nkhuku zambiri zowotcha ndi m’mbali mwake. Akuluakulu ankakhala mozungulira mathebulo a pikiniki m’mphepete mwa msewu ndi m’mphepete mwa nyanja, koma ana anathamangira padoko kuti akapeze limbo, maseŵera a hula-hoop, ndi maswiti ovina zomwe zinkapangitsa kuti phokoso limveke pa Dziwe la Cuttyhunk la chifunga.

Mmodzi mwa anthu opezeka pazilumbazi anali Terri Lowell wa ku Needham, yemwe anabwera ku Cuttyhunk zaka 11 zapitazo chifukwa cha ntchito yake yoyamba yophunzitsa.

Ndiye munali ndi ana angati?” anafunsidwa motero.

Atakhala pamiyendo yake, mwana wamkazi wa Lowell Jennifer, wazaka 8 ndi kotala atatu, "adayankha, Awiri."

M’kalasi, osati ana anu,” funsolo linamveka bwino.

Poyang’ana chipewa cha mwana wake wamkazi cha m’gwala, chimene anapambana pampikisano wa limbo, Lowell anati, Poyamba panali ziŵiri; kenako tinawonjezako ana asukulu awiri, part time. Koma kenako banja lina la ana anayi linasamuka, choncho tinali ndi mwana wa sitandade 2, wasukulu ya mkaka, wa sitandade 4, ndi wa sitandade 6.”

Lowell ndi banja lake amabwerera kuchilumbachi chilimwe chilichonse. Koma chaka chino, tikhala nyengo yonse, "adatero.

Pofika 9 koloko masana, DJ Steve Bishop adasintha magiya ndikupangitsa zosangalatsazo kukhala zazikulu. Ichi ndi chilumba chowuma, koma gulu la BYOB, ndi mowa wawo wozizira, unali umboni kwambiri.

Oyendetsa ngalawa Dennis Macedo waku Portsmouth, RI, ndi Marilyn Metts waku Swansea amayendera Cuttyhunk nthawi zambiri chilimwe chilichonse akukwera Catalina ya 30-foot. N'zosavuta kuwawona m'ngalamo yodzaza ndi anthu akuluakulu, atavala zigoba za nkhumba za pinki ndi fuchsia komanso T-shirts zapinki zokhala ndi Escape" zopetedwa ndi zakuda.

Macedo, wopanga zodzikongoletsera komanso wotumiza kunja, adapereka masks ndi zodzikongoletsera zapinki, iliyonse ili ndi nkhumba zojambulidwa zapinki ndi Cuttyhunk Pig Roast 2005."

Kumwamba padziko lapansi, chilumba ichi," adatero Macedo. Ndakhala ndikuzungulira ku Caribbean komwe amakhala ndi maphwando, koma palibe chonga ichi. Ichi ndi chinthu chodabwitsa cha banja, ndikungofuna kubwezera. Chifukwa chake, pa Lachinayi la Julayi ndili ndi zoyandama pagulu, ndipo ndimapereka zikhomo za mbendera. "

Inali nkhumba yoyamba kuwotcha ndikupita ku Cuttyhunk kwa Susan Brophy waku Newport, R.I.

Ana opanda nsapato akuthamanga, anthu amabwato amchere, achinyamata am'deralo ovala zidole, ngolo za gofu zitayimitsidwa pafupi -- akuchita maphwando pa bwalo lomwe lili ndi chikwangwani cha Danger' chomwe chimati sizowopsa. Kodi mungalakwitse bwanji?