Barges don't schedule their trips through Keithsburg for my convenience, oddly enough. My last trip lasted a couple hours and still no river traffic so I got bored. That's when you pull out the camera and try to salvage anything from a wasted trip.
Is this a Japanese Beetle?
A turtle swimming along shore.
A boater eyeballing the river, then me.
A vulture eyeing something near the old Lighthouse restaurant.
A wasp finding something irresistible.
A dragonfly sitting still long enough for this picture.
Tag, you're it!
I said I was going to swim across the river this trip, and this looked like a nice place to do it. I put on my swim trunks and headed to the shore, but then realized I'd need a lift back or I'd have to swim it twice just to get back to my truck. Sadly, I'd made no provision for my return trek so I had to abandon my swim. Too bad, because I was pumped.
The Bruce T heading upriver to get another barge and bring down for loading at the grain elevator.
Just about anytime, and wherever you are there are some things worth taking pictures of. I never saw a barge this trip but nature supplied enough material to make the trip almost worthwhile.
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