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Sunset casts a warm glow over a tranquil landscape where a weathered root wad lies on a pebbly shore by a quiet river. The bare trees in the background stand in stark contrast to the vibrant hues of the setting sun.

34 Bridge Recreation Area
Silva Missouri

Photo Taken on February 15, 2024

The sun sets over the Snoqualmie River in the small town of Fall City Washington which sits along its banks.

I'm quite sure I shot this from the Trans Canada Parking at the Bow River past Banff back in 2009. I don't remember if there was a fence back then. There is one now that may prevent this vantage point from being accessed.
It shows the Massive Range.

A general view of a gravel bar in the Fall located within the Green Mountain National Forest. USDA Forest Service photo by John McCann.

Nanaimo, BC Canada

Neck Point Park is just to the north of Pipers Lagoon. Both parks have stunning views over the ocean to the mountains beyond, as well as exciting nooks and crannies to explore among the rocky bluffs and beaches. Neck Point is also known as a diving hotspot, though, and also includes more accessible terrain than Pipers Lagoon.

The park's named for a gravel bar connecting the park to a rocky "head" of igneous rock out in the water. Sea lions and sometimes even orcas pass by here, and from the tops of small cliffs (north end of the park) you can look down and see otters torpedo-ing in the shallows. A developed trail runs through most of the park, with boardwalks and lookouts.

Reference: nanaimoinformation.com/neck-point.

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Thank-you for your visit, and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated.

Sonja

Nanaimo, BC Canada

Neck Point Park is just to the north of Pipers Lagoon. Both parks have stunning views over the ocean to the mountains beyond, as well as exciting nooks and crannies to explore among the rocky bluffs and beaches. Neck Point is also known as a diving hotspot, though, and also includes more accessible terrain than Pipers Lagoon.

The park's named for a gravel bar connecting the park to a rocky "head" of igneous rock out in the water. Sea lions and sometimes even orcas pass by here, and from the tops of small cliffs (north end of the park) you can look down and see otters torpedo-ing in the shallows. A developed trail runs through most of the park, with boardwalks and lookouts.

Reference: nanaimoinformation.com/neck-point.

This image is best viewed in Large screen.

Thank-you for your visit, and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated.

Sonja

Nanaimo, BC Canada

Neck Point Park is just to the north of Pipers Lagoon. Both parks have stunning views over the ocean to the mountains beyond, as well as exciting nooks and crannies to explore among the rocky bluffs and beaches. Neck Point is also known as a diving hotspot, though, and also includes more accessible terrain than Pipers Lagoon.

The park's named for a gravel bar connecting the park to a rocky "head" of igneous rock out in the water. Sea lions and sometimes even orcas pass by here, and from the tops of small cliffs (north end of the park) you can look down and see otters torpedo-ing in the shallows. A developed trail runs through most of the park, with boardwalks and lookouts.

Reference: nanaimoinformation.com/neck-point.

This image is best viewed in Large screen.

Thank-you for your visit, and any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated.

Sonja

I intend this as a playful and harmless insult to Texans. I hope you enjoy.

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In Fort Worth, Texas, on February 12th, 2023, Little Fossil Creek as viewed from the east side of North Sylvania Avenue, north of Polaris Drive.

Little Fossil Creek flows to Big Fossil Creek, which flows to the West Fork Trinity River, which joins the Elm Fork Trinity River to form the Trinity River, which flows to Trinity Bay, part of Galveston Bay in the Gulf of Mexico.

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"This one's pretty!" I exclaimed happily, with a mouthful of prepackaged snack cake.

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In Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Swain County, North Carolina, on September 29th, 2022, the Oconaluftee River as viewed from the east side of a bridge on the Blue Ridge Parkway at its south end, milepost 469.1.

The Oconaluftee River flows to the Tuckasegee River, which flows to the Little Tennessee River, which flows to the Tennessee River, which flows to the Ohio River &c.

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Porteau Cove

These views across the Scioto River are continually readjusting my understandings of what central Ohio looks like.

We've got some poison hemlock here if you want to get yourself into trouble.

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In downtown Columbus, Ohio, on May 29th, 2021, the Scioto River as viewed from its north (east) bank, on the Scioto Trail east of Hanover Street.

The Scioto River flows to the Ohio River.

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These waves are breaking over a gravel bar at Colne Point, St Osyth in Essex. Across the water is the decommissioned Bradwell Power Station.

Copyright J.R. Devaney

A near adult bald eagle on a gravel bar looks for bits of salmon left over from feeding grizzlies, Chilko River, BC.
19/11/2021 www.allenfotowild.com

2018 Road Trip to Tuktoyaktuk, NWT via Dempster Highway and the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway or ITH (Tuk Highway).