The Riverwalk at Caledon Ahavah is No More

On April 4th I posted "Caledon Ahavah River Walk" with several pictures from one of the most beautiful builds ever in Second Life and today I'm very sad to report that the build is gone. My brother had his alt out to run the Caledon Quest and arrived to find a big empty. The region is still there, but all that I fell in love with had been removed.

Click here to see "the past glory." CC's Alt hovers in the foreground as he IMs the Quest people to find out what he should do for the rest of the hunt (Word is things will be patched up in a day or so).

A new structure has been erected and a clever memorial lies inland from the river. The railroad and airship infrastructure remains. A lone synagogue sits trackside and a shop anchors one end of the region on the opposite side.

The Riverwalk is gone. Alas, the build owner, Yenta Bernheim, has to spend an extended time in Real Life soon and cleared the build so the region owner could rent to a new tenant. My brother spoke with her (I was sitting with him to help him with the Quest) about the circumstances and of course, Real Life comes first. The region will be completely cleared on or before May 1st to make way for something new.

Wishing you all the Best, Yenta, and a swift return to Second Life to share more of your visions, please.

Caledon Ahavah River Walk

For an hour or so each night over the last several days, my wife Angela and I have been exploring the Caledon regions through The Caledon Quest, a unique hunt throughout the steampunk regions. There is a prize at the end, but there are no individual prizes at each checkpoint in the series save one so your reward is the satisfaction of finding sometimes cleverly hid markers that direct you to the next location. But if you have tastes like mine you'll believe that one of the locations is a prize unto itself — the River Walk in Caledon Ahavah (SLurl). Along the way we've seen some clever architecture, some very old-school retro builds, and some very attractive scenery, but nothing as beautiful as the River Walk.

Standing near the statue in the first picture I quietly asked Angela if there was a way we could move our home here and she twirled about and agreed that would be wonderful. The textures are as close to perfect as I can imagine, the landscaping is perfectly natural —planned gardening run slightly amuck as nature fights to be wild — and the architecture is perfect for the setting. The River Walk scenery is about as good as Second Life gets and deserves a visit. Teleport in via the SLurl above or try the hunt yourself (SLurl) to replicate our experience.

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Note: Almost every Windlight setting I used to enhance my shots was a winner, but I settled on [TOR] SUNRISE - Eye of Mowron and the Glassy water option without Shadows or Depth.