Where do you find peace and relaxation? I find mine wherever water touches land. Yes, any type of shoreline. It may be a beach, a lake, a pond, a creek; you know where I’m going. I’m heading to the shore.

Here in Sacramento, rivers are easy to find. River shorelines are muddy and rocky with some areas reserved for swim areas. This part of the river is located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers. I believe it’s part of the Sacramento River. The American River is noted for riding the rapids, while the Sacramento River is used more for industry.

The Sacramento River

The Mississippi River is heavily used for transporting containers on barges moved forward by push boats. This image was taken in Arkansas along the mighty Mississippi. If you look in the mid to upper right, you’ll see a barge with containers on it waiting to be pushed to its destination. The second image shows a push boat in action. We were told that the crew stay on the boat the entire trip, moving 24/7, and only docking for supplies.

Let’s visit the beaches next. There are beautiful sand beaches where swimming is fun like this beach on Lifou Island in New Caledonia.

Then there are the rocky beaches where we sit and watch the waves hit the shore. Like the Marin Headlands in Northern California. The man in the second photo is wave watching at Pacific Grove on the California coast.

Let’s look at a creek next. We have many creeks running through the Sacramento Valley. Most popular is our local Dry Creek. There is a park nearby and the creek offers children a summer respite from the heat. During the winter, it is a beautiful place to take photos. Although this photo doesn’t show it, there are large rocks to sit on and relax.

We can’t forget about lakes. We have many around us. And when we drove across the country, we found beautiful lakes in middle America. This is Mono Lake in Northeastern California. It is a salt lake and known for the tufa towers jutting out of the water.

We found a beautiful lake in Alberta Canada while visiting Glacier National Park. Lake Waterton, Waterton National Park, Canada.

There are more types of shorelines, but I think this post is full. Please show us your shorelines from near and/or far. It’s any place where water touches the earth, and you also find peace and relaxation. When you post for this challenge, please link to my post and use the Lens-Artists tag.

I totally enjoyed seeing everyone’s cool colors last week. Thank you, John. It helped cool off our hot California summer! Next week Ritva will be challenging us. Please look for her post. Until then, enjoy, take lots of pictures and be happy.

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  7. I also like to walk along the riverbank in my city. I don’t really like sand on the beach, but if there is a nice paved walk nearby I also enjoy it.

    The last image is wonderful!!! Love it!

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  14. A beautiful post and a great topic Anne! I loved the image from Mono Lake as well as the Glacier scene. I think I have the same photo 😊, it’s a gorgeous spot. Expecting many beautiful responses this week!

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  41. This is a lovely challenge, and although I thought I would not find so many from my place, I did. Your examples are all beautiful, and my favourites are Dry Creek and Alberta Waterton lake. I love rocky shorelines – and maybe because I grew up with those, I don’t love sandy beaches. I walk on the wet part of them, but otherwise sand gets into everything …including the picnic food.

    Hope and expect to see many wonderful answers to this one!

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  42. I am really looking forward to everyone’s response, Anne! Beautiful theme, and I know it will be popular. Your collection is a microcosm of California, but my favorite is Lake Waterton in Canada.

    I have so many shoreline photos, I am going to do something special to limit my response in my Thursday post. >grin<

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