well, it's dark out right now, and I don't have any pictures of my neighborhood already...so Google it is!

The river. It makes everything look very uninhabited, though, when in fact there's a bridge that would be right behind the phtographer, and a RV park/hotel right next to him.

Stock picture of Creamer's Field. People go there and watch birds a lot. In the fall, there's always cranes there.
Oh, and the picture in my signature is the view from...my parent's room, I think. Either that or the kitchen.