Buoyed a bit by my recent (virtual) experience and adventure with the Brahmaputra River of the high Himalayas, I come back, here, to a River long on my mind...for a similar experiment. There's a proverb that goes like this, "You can't step in the same river twice", meaning that, a river, besides being a critical component of our landscape and scenery, also stands for continuous (and ever changing) motion and flow. Just as the river flows non-stop, time flows and life flows...One can surely repeat the same things in life, but the feelings and thoughts are different every time...not better or worse, just different...

Brahmaputra River had originated from the Angsi Glacier deep in the Himalayas from above 17,000 ft, and Rhône River's origin is in the Swiss Alps, from the Rhône Glacier, which has the highest elevation of nearly 12,000 ft. Brahmaputra was 2,500 miles long, while Rhône has a length of 500 miles, but no less significant in terms of its historical, economic and ecological impact over the regions, it passes through. It flows westward from its source in Switzerland, through Lake Geneva, and then onward through southeastern France, to its eventual merger with the Mediterranean Sea. The two most dramatic directional changes in the course of this river, occur at Martigny in Switzerland and at Lyon in France. At Martigny, forced up against the high Alps mountains (see my close-up MFD/Map of Waypoint USR03, below), it finds the path of least resistance, and suddenly turns northward by 90 degrees, then down the valley and the marshy plains, to its mouth on Lake Geneva, completing the first phase of its journey, and taking a break on the Lake, at the border of the 2 countries, so to speak...🙂...Likewise, at the French city of Lyon, it makes another 90 degrees turn, this time southward, as if, already having had enough of the Alps, and now faced against the looming mountains of the Massif Central of south-central France, blocking its westward path, it is already sensing the path of least resistance down the Rhône Valley (named after it), towards the Mediterranean Sea...and, of course, in the process, yielding us the famous red, white, and rosé wines, known the world over...(Maybe time to pick up a (Rhône Valley) rosé...as I head out now for some grocery...🙂...) ...

Anyway, here we go, as I fly from the coastal city of Lausanne (LSGL), a beautiful city, it looks like, on Lake Geneva, upstream along the Rhône River, through Martigny (USR03) and the river's 90 degree turn (was bit of a challenge, but the Cirrus was up to it), and then north through Sion Valley, all the way up, but for a total distance of only about 100 miles, to the 12,000 ft high Rhône Glacier (see my last 2 screenshots for up-close images of it)...at the foot of which, from an altitude of 7,000 ft, the Rhône River is born, and then commences its 500 mile journey downward...cutting through two countries and carving out numerous cities...

Hope you enjoy my sample of pictures of Rhône River's partial journey... (Note: Default MSFS does a good job here, if you ask me) ...

Thanks for viewing...!

Another great (and winding) ride. What a fantastic way to learn geography...wish MSFS 2020 had been around when I was in the 8th Grade! 🙂

Very nice shots and landscapes! 😉 

Nice set !

cheers 😉

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