Day 48: The return, the creativity, and the party.
Mud Lake Marina to Ice Harbor in Dubuque, IA I woke up this morning ready to get back on the river. I bandaged my foot and headed downstairs. I could smell the bacon and there were eggs waiting for me. Andy and I were going to drive up to Mud Lake to get me
Day 47: Recovering and more exploring.
Princeton, Camanche, Clinton, IOWA I woke up today feeling good. I looked at my foot and the soft tissue had rebounded together. The rest of it is just a top layer wound. It is still not pretty, but it is healing. I opted to just put a non stick pad over it and wrap it
Day 46: Recovering and Exploring
Princeton, La Claire, Davenport, IOWA I slept in again today. It was nice to be able to do that in a bed. Liz and the kids took off early this morning for an event and Andy was at work. He left me a truck to go drive around if needed. After cleaning my foot and
Day 45: Recovery
Princeton, IA I am grateful for the opportunity Andy and Liz have provided me. I slept in a bed and even slept in. By 8:00, the sun is usually heating my tent up. I slept till 11:00 simply because I knew I could. That, and my foot needed a break. It did not throb as
Day 44: Transport
I woke up this morning to see a tequila sunrise over the river. It slid through some clouds as it lit up the river. I snapped a quick shot of it as I wanted to make sure I had a image to remember it. I fell back asleep for a bit as I heard Tom
Day 43: Sunday, Bloody Sunday
I woke up on the beach ready to go. I broke my tent down and loaded my boat. After everything was packed up, I decided to make a meal before I started to go at a long day. I ate up while talking to the grandmother. She was 76 and still had a wild young
Day 42: Betty breakfast. A party 51 years in the making.
I woke early this morning to a small rainstorm. I reached out my tent and pulled my rain fly back down. I was simply smiling and feeling grateful for being able to live in the great outdoors. It made me smile on the inside. A little bit later, I heard someone call out my name
Day 41: Adding rivers
Prairie Du Chien to just above Lock #10 I left Prairie Du Chien this morning feeling a little tired. It was overcast with some weather coming my way this afternoon. I took off under a few bridges and some train tracks before heading towards the main channel. There was not too much boat traffic due
Day 40: The culture, the heart, and the art.
Praire Du Chien I woke up this morning rested and ready to go. I planned to spend the morning photographing the town and some of the people. I took off to get breakfast first. I stopped into Simply. Simply is an upscale looking cafe/coffee house. I ordered a big breakfast sandwich as I planned to
Day 39: Beauty. Ideas. The buffet.
Lansing, IA to Prairie Du Chien, WI I woke up well rested at Llyod and Betty’s place. I am so glad I had the opportunity to have a bed to sleep in after the previous night. I got up and said “hi” to both of them. Lloyd invited me to come sit in their viewing