Good Morning on Kaweah River Drive

This morning I ran into my neighbor, Dick Burns while on my morning hike along Kaweah River Drive. He was on his morning bird watching walk. When I greeted him with a "Good Morning Dick," he smiled and said

"It was only a glad good morning

as she passed along the way,

but it spread the mornings glory

over the live long day"

Dick is a retired park service employee and a lifelong bird watcher, hence the field glasses around his neck. Just this morning, he pointed out a Red Tail Hawk's nest and babies way up in the top of our neighbors Sycamore tree. Dick knows the names of all the local birds and many of the migratory birds traveling through the area heading to points North and South. He has a lot of knowledge and enthusiasm and loves to share his excitement about visiting birds with his neighbors.

It is a joy to live in this wonderful community where people know your name and greet you warmly along trails and in business's throughout Three Rivers. The warmth of our community is one of the things most newcomers find endearing.

Three Rivers has great Karma!

The Yokuts Indians were the first settlers in Three Rivers and pictographs and indian grinding rocks are found all around the area. Indians lived along the rivers where crystal clear water runs down the mountains out of the High Sierra's.

Three Rivers was a "utopian community" in the 1800's for a group of settlers who came to the area with hopes of making their fortune in the logging industry. Their community settled out the North Fork where the oldest and smallest, continually operating post office in America still exists as evidence of their days in Three Rivers

In the '60's Disney discovered the Mineral King area of Three Rivers and declared it the most beautiful place he had ever seen. Disney tried to develop Mineral King into a world class ski resort, but was prevented from realizing his dream in a large part because of the first major victory of the Sierra Club. Thank goodness! I cannot even imagine how different Three Rivers would be today if Disney had prevailed.

Today there are about 2500 people in Three Rivers and it is a scene of unspoiled beauty, nature preserved, spectacular changing seasons and a peaceful way of life.