Panoramic Mississippi River

Here is our "blessed river" frozen over. It is very beautiful--and it was interesting to imagine the pioneers crossing it in the winter.

(I know it is small but click on it to make it larger, and you'll be able to see it a little better. This is a combination of approx. 6 pictures, so excuse the dark spots.)

Here are two single photos I took while we were driving over the Iowa/Wisconsin bridge. When I took the picture above, I was just past the lock and dam looking north. The clump of trees just to the right of the lock and dam is where I took the panoramic picture, and where the ice fishermen (see below) were.

Here are some folks ice fishing -- Does this look fun to you?

And here's my best attempt at catching a picture of some bald eagles. Winter months are popular for bald eagle bird watching. They are all over the river looking for fish. Then they sit on ice chunks and rest, watch for fish or eat. There were some flying as well, but they were really hard to see. You can click on this picture as well and see that they've got white heads: