Not quite two weeks ago, I shared a couple of images from a recent trip to a town I lived nearby over 40 years ago. I thought I would share some more images, focusing on the river.

#### Going With The Flow
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This is the South Fork of the Santiam River. Just outside of Sweet Home, at a gravel area euphemistically called a park, I went to the embankment and took some pictures. The leaf happened to be swirling around at the time, apparently waiting for me to to immortalize it.

I like how the color of the river here is a darker blue, compared to the silver or darker gray that is appears elsewhere.

#### A Bridge Not So Far
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In the other post, I provided an image of this same bridge from the road as it crosses the river and begins its ascent up the hill. Here, is from the side, with a pillar holding it up. I find this to be a marvel of architecture and engineering that such a small support in comparison to the entire bridge and then the vehicles that would pass over it could bear all the weight.

#### On A Personal Note
*An uncle of mine (the only brother of my father), once dove into the water along here. In so doing, he broke his neck. Fortunately, he not only lived to tell about it, but managed not to wind up paralyzed or otherwise physically impaired.*

#### Reflections Of A River
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What does a river reflect upon? In this case, autumn colors. You kind of have to squint to see it, but in between the green, orange and yellow, there's some purple, too. A river doesn't really discriminate, does it? It's willing to reflect everything.

#### In The Grotto
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Okay, so it's not really a grotto, but I found it interesting nonetheless. While much of the water of a river rushes by to whatever it's destination may be, there are areas where pools form, or where the water passes slower. This was one such area.

I didn't realize it until after I could see the image at a larger resolution that it looks like the water was, well, made into a watercolor. That's exactly how the image came out, with the consistency of the water itself and the natural light.

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*The images are courtesy of Glen Anthony Albrethsen taken with an Olympus E-3 DSLR camera and a Zuiko zoom lens.*