A Grand Summer Float On The Courtois River

One of the taller bluffs and dressed with trees

Refreshing in the riffles...

Water colors alchemized by sun

 

Trees of lush greens leaning over water enhance the feel of an intimate stream. And occasional bluffs add even more. The Courtois River flows through the Mark Twain National Forest  and also the Huzzah State Forest...

Caves are fairly common on Ozarks Rivers

Just enough water to glide down stream...

A blue sky, white clouds

the lushest greens, the clearest waters

A perfect summer day in paradise

And on to the campsite with a view

Evensong under a Waxing Moon

Tonight, will the Whippoorwills croon?

Sorcery above the fire (playing with a laser light)

a good day, a  good night

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The Courtois River or Creek is a tributary of the Meramec River in the Missouri Ozarks. 

Courtois in French means "courteous, agreeable."

Indeed!

-and the Whippoorwills were heard in faraway hills...

Peace on the River