Posts that highlight a place along the Mississippi River
Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge, near Annada, MO. This spot is normally about 1 1/2 miles from the river channel. (Picture taken May 2013) See more Pictures here.
The river may be slowly going down, but the smart folks in Clarksville (Missouri) are waiting a little while longer before dismantling the temporary flood wall that protected downtown from recent high water. In spite of the street closures around the flood wall, businesses are open and sure would be grateful if you'd pay them
Downtown St. Paul (Minnesota) through the Smith Avenue High Bridge (photo taken Aug 2011). Downtown St. Paul, Minnesota
This fun sculpture, God Bless America by J. Seward Johnson, found a temporary home outside the Dubuque (Iowa) Museum of Art. I don't know this for a fact, but I'm willing to bet it has quickly become one of the most-photographed sites in the area.
Here's a set of two pictures from Lover's Leap at Hannibal, Missouri: one from November of 2012 when the Mississippi was rather low and another from late April 2013, with a moderately high flood level. See more pictures here.
Heavy rains in late March and April have awoken the Mississippi River from its winter slumber. Here are two pictures from about the same spot at Jones Confluence State Park that show the water level now (April 19, 2013) and when it was at a more typical level (Sept 2006). See more pictures here.
