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Looking up stream on the American River...Related content
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Great composition! Looks like you could walk right into it and feel the cold water running. Such a lovely place! Lucky you.
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Oooh such a beautiful location! Gorgeous composition!
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Very interesting! Are you from Sousthern California? and where this river was taken?
Must be great to see other country like that.
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Up until about 3 months ago we were near the town of Ventura (about 60 miles north of Los Angeles, on the ocean, and about 30 south of Santa Barbara for reference) in a little town inland about 6 miles. In Southern CA most rivers and streams only run in the winter when it has been raining enough for the gound table to fill or when it is actually raining and the runoff is being carried away!
We have now moved to Northern California - about 45 miles east of Sacramento up in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains on the way to Lake Tahoe. Where we live the streams have now dried but the large rivers coming down from the Sierra's still have water - in fact will have it year round. And that is really different!!!
This particular shot is about another 30 miles east further up into the mountains - it is one of the branches of the American River which flows down into the Sacramento River and eventually out to the Pacific Ocean by way of the San Francisco Bay - if it hasn't been sucked up by the canal that takes water down to Southern California by way of the Aquaduct systems...
It is very different to have this kind of scenery nearby. Where we live isn't too different, on the surface, from our old home - same rolling hills with now dried grass and Oak trees - but the kind of Oaks are different...these will loose their leaves! We're looking forward to a true fall and a considerably cooler winter, but I don't think we'll have snow right at our house. But up where these shots were taken, there will be!!!
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Oh thanks a lot for that wonderful information Ruth! 
Thanks again
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nice one
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lol! We also just sat for awhile...would have stayed longer but dinner was calling
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Wow, just wow! One of the best natural landscapes I have seen from any riverbank.
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I found the area really interesting with all the different plant life giving such a combination of colors and textures! Most often it's just "pine trees" and there's only so much you can do with tall trunks
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Yep, have to agree with you on that... at first I thought it looked like a pro landscaping job, then realized it was all natural--even better. Definitely a great find!
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This area is about 3200 feet up so I know it will have snow some parts of the winter, but it will be interesting to see what changes color! We only went a little way down stream and I don't know how far these plants extend up into the mountains...they may only be right in this particular elevation/light area... 
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Thanks! Glad to share this beautiful area
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Thank you so much! I had a grand subject to work with
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I'm really pleased with this one, too. I took a lot of photos but our eyes see so much more than the camera - this one came close
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