A Day on the Nenana River
I painted on the river as the sun was going behind the mountain, finishing up about 10 p.m. This is such a little haven!This morning I was going to walk the river to look for a place to paint, but got sidetracked and ended up painting in the woods and didn’t get back to the river until evening time. When I came back this evening the river was significantly fuller with a faster flow than this morning leaving no room to walk along the rocky banks at some points. Today you could feel that summer has arrived here in Denali, it was hot and sunny and what was left of the snow we saw here last week has melted away and is washing at breakneck speed downstream, headed for the Bering Sea.I had a wonderful day meeting people at the center, going for a moutain bike ride up the ridge which overlooks the river and the Education Center and I even went to “town” to get some groceries and painted twice. I think I’ll head down the river first thing in the morning to see what it looks like in the morning light. There’s so much wide open space, even being surrounded by the tall peaks of these mountains, I feel as though I need a bit more time here and a lot more canvas!