Riverbank from Floating Dock, Yadkin River, Elkin, North Carolina

--Lannie

Hi Lannie,

A fine scene on display here my friend.

This image brings back many fond memories as a younger boy,  when I would sit on the bank with my fishing pole, waiting for a fish to bite. The peacefulness was most enjoyable. Later on in life, Betsy and I would have lunch or dinner on the banks of similar settings , enjoying our time in Nature.

Best Regards, Mike

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Thanks, Mike.  I guess that it is a rather ordinary river, but as the sun began to get close to setting, rather ordinary scenes suddenly started looking nicer and more appealing.

By the way, this river (which drains off the Blue Ridge Parkway) goes mostly eastward almost to Winston-Salem before it dives southward toward Salisbury, the little burg where I currently live.  This was shot in Elkin, a small town of about four thousand people within a few minutes of the real mountains of western North Carolina.

--Lannie

Hi Lanny,  Great reflection.  I also like the flower or orange leaves at top. I have actually been to Yadkinville, may have the spelling wrong.  Larry

Thanks, Larry.  Yadkinville is "a whole 'nother world," right up there with Booneville--both east of here on U.S. 601.  Booneville is actually closer to being on the river than Yadkinville.  Elkin, where this picture was made, is directly on the river, some miles further upstream.  This was shot from a city park.  The "city" of Elkin has all of four thousand residents.  It is quite an interesting little town.

This photo belongs to the genre "muddy river bank aesthetics."  I'm breaking new ground in this area.  I wanted to avoid breaking too much new ground, and so I was very careful about my footing.  

My whole mission when I took this picture was to avoid falling into the river with two heavy cameras strapped around my neck, and so I backed away from the end of the floating dock to get this picture.

--Lannie

Here is almost the entire floating dock as I saw it back on August 25, about the same time that I shot the scenic picture of the muddy river bank.  There is a long wooden ramp down to the flat part of the dock.  The entire structure is hinged so as to move up and down with changes in the river level.

Canoes and kayaks can easily be launched into the river from this point.  There is also a conventional paved ramp just to the right of the floating dock.

--Lannie