A few months back my eldest invited me to go fishing on the Green River in Great Barrington. Not feeling in the mood for fishing but often up for a time with the kids, I grabbed the camera and came along. The sun was beginning to set and this is often a great time of day to catch interesting shadows and colors, though it can be a challenge of it being to dark for my point and shoot camera and we were leaving later than anticipated. .





To get to the spot you park on the side of the road by pastures and follow the narrow but well worn path into the woods and eventually to the river. One of the hidden treasures that the locals know and the passer by just wonders why these cars are parked on the side of the road. Deep inside there is a swimming spot, and the water is cold and excepted for where it has been pooled, the current is pretty quick.

Crossing from side to side, the current proved a challenge as it wanted to float my sandles and through it was only a foot and a half deep at the crossing, the strength of the current was enough to shift the rocks under foot and the trek was made at a long angle




There are very few people out and the deeper we get up stream, there are none.  The splashing sound of the current becomes more faint and the is just the quiet sounds of twilight.













The sunset took on a definite purple shade.









   

It was a time to just be out there together. Appreciating nature, appreciating company, appreciating summer and of all of these opportunities.