Sharing a view from long ago (maybe)

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Maybe Jason and the Argonauts on the good ship Argo had this view of the Eastern-most stop of their quest so many centuries ago. Here we are, yesterday afternoon, and crossing the Rioni river, getting a good view of upstream to Kutaisi (photo on the left) and look back downstream towards Poti (photo on the right), probably the same view as Jason would have had from the deck of the Argo. The Rioni River flows into the Black Sea at Poti. Poti is where Jason and the Argonauts reportedly entered the river to sail upstream on their way to the capital city of Colchis (as Kutaisi was known at the time) on his quest to steal the Golden Fleece from Aeetes, the king of Colchis. This was also the Eastern-most stop in the outward journey. Of course over time, many changes have occurred in the flow of the river. This might not even be the riverbanks as they once were. And it might just be a story hallucinated by Apollonius of Rhodes. I don't know. But somehow the romantic in me can almost hear the creak of the Argo's planks sailing upriver as I get to share a view from a very very long time ago.