You visit the Neighborful Station River Beach on opening weekend, and you spend some time in the company of Elise and her sister.

This episode originally aired on June 28th, 2025.

With the Sleep Editions of Neighborful Station, we tell our story, and then continue the soundscape for a full hour, so you can fall asleep. Sweet dreams.

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This episode was inspired by ⁠⁠Paris-Plages⁠⁠, and by city and town pools everywhere.

Recording and Audio Engineer services for this episode provided by Terrin Munawet (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@gbmystical⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠).

Special thanks to freesound_community at ⁠⁠Pixabay Sounds⁠⁠ for contributions to this week's soundscape.

The following sounds also appear in this week's soundscape, used with permission under Creative Commons 0 or Attribution licenses:

River Sound Effect by ⁠⁠DanielWisdomPublicDomain⁠⁠ from ⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠

⁠⁠Seagulls_short.wav⁠⁠ by Lydmakeren

⁠⁠seagulls.WAV⁠⁠ by inchadney

⁠⁠Beach - Swedish lake summer 2012.wav⁠⁠ by SaftJesus

⁠⁠230816_2532_FR_Wide-crowded_outdoor_swimming_pool.wav⁠⁠ by kevp888

⁠⁠water movement body step out of pool splash drips.flac⁠⁠ by kyles

⁠⁠Party, voices, small town, young, yelling laughing, distant, Stratford, 2011.wav⁠⁠ by TRP

⁠⁠school_excursion.wav⁠⁠ by reinsamba

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