Chapter 1201 Shepherd Girl (1/2)
Perhaps because the whole area of Phoenix was warm even in winter, when the temperature of the water was right, a winter wonder appeared.
In the distance, a wide river was flowing, the blue waves rolling smoothly.
Along the two sides of the river, there were green grassy plains with large pieces of granite scattered here and there. The granite dotted the plains, showing off their beauty.
Some areas of the land led to woods of tall, majestic pine trees. With the birch and poplar trees rising up to the sky, green was a prevalent color even in winter.
Taking in the scenery, Li Du understood why the warehouse auction association decided on that location for the party. He said in awe, ”Turns out that there's such a beautiful place in Arizona.”
Riverdale was considered to be within the Kingman area. However, ever since its residents joined efforts to create the Kingman Government Building, Kingman had kicked them out in a fit of anger.
Besides, the small town was situated in an area bordering Arizona, California, and Nevada. That gave rise to some sort of idea that neither of the three states kept the place in governance.
However, the view at Riverdale was different from the three surrounding states. The town was situated in a unique location. Its people treated their hometown as a self-governing entity and named it Independent Town.
The town spanned a very large area, which was characteristic of Arizona. After all, the local climate was very dry, with much of the state being a desert, so naturally, the population was scattered even in towns.
However, Riverdale had pretty good land and plentiful water supply thanks to the many rivers in the area. In most of Riverdale, it looked as though there were woods or grass plains all around. However, beneath the woods and grass lay swamps.
Thousands of years ago, that whole area had been one huge swamp. At that time, the Colorado River had flowed through it, forming a lake.
However, years later, perhaps due to tectonic plate movements, climate change, or other reasons, the water in the lake partially evaporated, and the rest of it seeped through the ground and slowly disappeared.
Under those circumstances, the swamp replacing the lake provided a great environment for living things to grow –flora and fauna both flourished.
Hans explained to Li Du, ”You know the American logging industry is well developed, right? There are still a lot of lumberjacks living in the deep forests of the northwest.”
Li Du replied, ”Yes, of course I know that.”
Hans smiled. ”In the past, there were also lumberjacks in Riverdale. Phoenix was developing and needed wood. They had set their sights on the forest in Riverdale.”
”However, there were traps everywhere in the forest. Many swamps were hidden in the area and people were caught in them. In the end, they withdrew from the area and did not hurt the woods here.”
Once the car drove upon the cinder road, they were not far from Riverdale.
After around forty or fifty minutes, plots of farmland appeared. There were herds of sheep and cows moving on the yellow-green grass.
Just as they were about to enter the town, a herd of sheep crossing the road blocked their way and the car had to stop.
Driver sounded the horn and a huge dog ran out from the ditch by the road, barking at them.
Ah Ow, who had been drowsy on the journey, started to get agitated. She jumped out of the car from the window and bounded in the direction of the large dog.
The big dog had a ferocious demeanor. Seeing Ah Ow, it was unafraid and bared its teeth, facing her.
The fighting powers of dogs and wolves were on different levels. In terms of the ability to bite, strength and endurance, the gap was vast.
The two animals crashed into each other and then Ah Ow continued to push forward. She knocked the big dog onto the ground and rolled it around several times.
Ah Ow continued to show off her strength. With one foot, she pinned the dog down but did not bite it. Instead, it clawed at the dog's face and jumped around it, showing off her advantage.