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Kaiha Bertollini's avatar

Haha did Alley approve that picture, Andrew? 🤣

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Andrew Smith's avatar

Yes! I know better.

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Kaiha Bertollini's avatar

Haha fair enough! 😝 I will actually make time to read this article. Lol

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Andrew Sniderman 🕷️'s avatar

I hiked to the headwaters of a river once. Didn’t plan on it, but the trail looked nice, alongside a tumbling creek and past a waterfall. At the top—no river! We ended up in a meadow around 8000 feet up, like an inverse sponge with water coming up from the ground, collecting in marshy pools that wound through the meadow, creating the river.

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Andrew Smith's avatar

Wow, I've never done this - and now I kind of want to. I mean, I'm lazy right now so i won't, but I'm really glad you had that experience and would love to be magically transported there.

Rivers can be fed by glaciers, springs, or marshes, at a minimum - that's about all I know in that arena, and it feels like a tantalizing place to explore.

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Daniel Nest's avatar

Also, "River Rivals" sounds like a pretty awesome board game for two. Maybe a Carcassonne-Catan hybrid?

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Andrew Smith's avatar

I'm just now learning about these games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ8GnH9cAq4&t=460s

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