I stood there by the water’s edge as the morning sun smiled down on the Kanawha River. The fog rose sleepily from its bed just below the falls and continued upwards to become clouds. The cool mists are something to be enjoyed before the heat of the day becomes unbearable.
As I sip my morning coffee and watch the awakening of nature the last echo of a night bird calling from it’s roost falls on my ears. I don’t really know if it was bidding me good morning or if it was finally saying good night after being on the third shift. I listened for a few minutes. There was no second call. My friend was bedded down for the day. I took another drink of coffee and whispered “sleep well my friend. Day shift has you covered”.
By now the fog was cleared from the river and from my head. It was time to make good on my promise to the night bird and climb back up into the big blue truck and head to my day job.
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perfect scene, perfect words. Kanawha River is a place to sit and have good times
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It’s very peaceful. The kayakers will be here soon to ride their boats over the water falls. On the Gauley River. Large rubber rafts full of people will ride down the rapids like a rollercoaster.
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Soon it’s going to be the chaotic place
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Lol, yes but only for a short time and it’s the fun kind of chaos. Fortunately most of them are tourists and they spend their money here.
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Hahaha then it’s a good chaos full of fluttering money 😉😉😉😉😉😉😉
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Beautiful indeed! ❤
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Thank you Miss Tammy ❤
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You’re so welcome much!!
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I’m loving this idea of beginning mornings in the tranquility of nature, pair that with gratitude and we have a beautiful start to the day. 🙂
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That’s the reason why I I’m trying to move out of the corporate world. So that I can have more moments like this and share them. 😊
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A great post. First time hearing from Kanawha River.
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Thank you Madekesi 😀 most of the river pictures I post are the Kanawha River. The word Kanawha is Algonquin and means “big river” or “New river” in Native American language. It’s pronounced as kan-AWE-wha. Algonquin puts emphasis on the second syllable.
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I see. Thank you for that post. Got out of it with something new
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