River fog: The mist of early morning

Many times as an amateur photographer on a cold fall or winter evening I have seen skies that are clear and the Kootenai River shimmering in the surrounding night light and anticipate what is to come. The next morning I come out of the house to see a clear sky. As I left the house the air was thick with anticipation but when I got outside to see a clear picturesque morning I saw nothing but fog. The sky was a veil of haze, I couldn’t see the river, couldn’t see the sky, the fog has blocked my view. It was like a river of clouds.