The River and The Lagoon

Northlandia presents far more visual treats, photographically, than Kitschland.  Nature vs. cement.  It is tough to find beauty in pavement and urban shopping malls.  My holy grail isn't in the busy, noisy, frantic, plastic paradise of this state.  Mine is the slower, quiet simplicity of the North.  I may not always have my Cabin in the Woods but there are other Cabins, cheaper Cabins that may allow for all this and serenity, too.

A short stop in one of my favorite places - the quiet of the dyke and the almost silent murmur of the river.  I struck out most of the earlier attempts to photograph barges at night - a not so easy proposition - and tonight was no different.  Out of bed early, slow trip down the bluff, and parked.  Even with out the barges there is beauty and no trip is ever wasted.          

I know some of these pics are redundant - but sometime when you awake early, walk outside and see the panoply of stars.  oddly there is seldom a time I've looked up and not seen some kind of activity - there sure are a lot of planes out in the early morning hours.  Stop and soak it all in.  Can you ever get enough?