Phezulu phambi kwelanga kunye ne-bleary-eyed, ndihamba kwindawo yokupaka emnyama eRed Rock Park kufutshane naseGallup, eNew Mexico ukuya kudibana nomqhubi wam, uBill Lee, kukhenketho lwanamhlanje: ibhaluni yomoya oshushu ukhwela entlango kunye nommandla waseIndiya waseNavajo. Zonke iinqwelomoya zeLee zicwangciselwe ukuphuma kwelanga ngemozulu efanelekileyo, kodwa ngaphambi kokuzama ukuphehlelela ibhaluni, uLee uvavanya izinto, ezimele ukuba zichanekile: imimoya ezolileyo emhlabeni nangaphezulu, akukho mvula okanye sisaqhwithi, kwaye akukho kufuma , ezinokonakalisa ilaphu lebhaluni.
Ujonge ulwalathiso lomoya, njengoko ibhaluni ihamba nomoya kwaye iqela elileqayo kufuneka likwazi ukufumana indawo ekhuselekileyo yokubuyisa abakhweli kunye nebhaluni xa ifika. Isimo sezulu esibi asinakuthetha ukuba ukukhwela ibhaluni. Iminwe yam iwelekile ukuba ukuvuka kwam kwangoko akuyiyo inkunkuma. Emva kovavanyo lomoya nemozulu, uLee unika isigwebo sokuba uMama weNdalo uyasebenzisana namhlanje, kwaye siza kusebenza silungiselela ukumiliselwa.
Zonke izandla zisemgangathweni njengoko sisothula iibhaluni ezingama-901 ezibizwa ngokuba yi-True-Lee New Mexico. Ayibonakali ngathi ingaphezulu kwesithambeka esikhulu, esidlakadlaka sendwangu okwangoku, kodwa emva kokubeka i-tarp enkulu, siyivula ibhaluni ecekethekileyo macala onke kwaye ndibona uyilo lwayo oluhle: izikwere ezimfusa, eziluhlaza kunye nezipinki ngokuchasene imvelaphi emnyama enekhakhayi enkulu, edlamkileyo yeswekile embindini. Emva kokukhusela ibhaluni ethe tyaba kwibhaskithi encanyathisiweyo, abancedisi bakaLee babamba ifeni enkulu kwinqwelwana, kwaye siqala inkqubo yokongeza umoya.