I threatened to take another picture of the bend in the river that I highlighted back near the end of April, just to show how beautifully green it grows in the springtime. The greens will darken as the season progresses, but I always love the fresh greens and the soft pinks of the new leaves
Since I couldn't remember the exact vantage points of the other pictures, I got carried away and took not one, but three pictures.
After all, nothing exceeds like excess, right?
As you can see, the river winds quite a lot. When I was a child, we'd ride air mattresses downstream to the public access and walk back to the homestead from the north. But, when we wanted a longer ride (and longer walk as well), we'd continue along the river to the next public access and walk home from the south - the direction shift seemed like its own kind of magic to me. We'd carry the air mattresses on our heads to foil the gnats and deer flies and take our flip flops off our hands (used for paddling) and put them back on our feet for the trek home.
There's always an adventure around the bend!
3 comments:
it's a river switchback!!!
Sheila
That's a great vantage point to watch the river and birds from. Is there a bench at that spot? It would be a great place for one. :^)
Hugs from BetsyLee
Sheila, a downhill river switchback for sure. :)
No, BetsyLee - there's no bench, but it would be a lovely spot to watch the river flow by. It's on a neighbor's private property upstream from us (walked with permission, of course).
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