Whether you live on the river, play on the river, or just admire it from a distance, you are
invited to share your thoughts and photos at a new feature on the Redding River Queen site! In return for your contribution, your name will be placed in a drawing to win a gift certificate to the fabulous new restaurant on the Sacramento river in Redding, appropriately named Rivers Restaurant! It’s easy – all you have to do is go to www.ReddingRiverQueen.com, click on the top tab that says “Life on the River” and follow the link to the simple form with your story, photo, words of river wisdom or favorite river quote.
We just got a wonderful contribution this morning from a river fan who reminded us of the River Bank chapter from the classic tale, The Wind in the Willows – enjoy:
`I beg your pardon,’ said the Mole, pulling himself together with an effort. `You must think me very rude; but all this is so new to me. So–this–is–a–River!’
`The River,’ corrected the Rat.
`And you really live by the river? What a jolly life!’
`By it and with it and on it and in it,’ said the Rat. `It’s brother and
sister to me, and aunts, and company, and food and drink, and
(naturally) washing. It’s my world, and I don’t want any other. What it hasn’t got is not worth having, and what it doesn’t know is not worth knowing. Lord! the times we’ve had together! Whether in winter or summer, spring or autumn, it’s always got its fun and its excitements. When the floods are on in February, and my cellars and basement are brimming with drink that’s no good to me, and the brown water runs by my best bedroom window; or again when it all drops away and, shows patches of mud that smells like plum-cake, and the rushes and weed clog the channels, and I can potter about dry shod over most of the bed of it and find fresh food to eat, and things careless people have dropped out of boats!’
Lisa Collins
Is a Realtor in Northern California
Specializing in Riverfront Property
Lisa@ReddingRiverQueen.com
530-953-8542
www.ReddingRiverQueen.com
