Explored the park today. Drove several miles to the boat landing on the Mississippi River. Joyce found a few flowers and we got pictures of a tug pushing a string of barges. It was quite foggy on the river and made for interesting pictures. Drove back to the camper and had lunch.

After lunch we drove several more miles to find there museum and nature center plus a couple of lakes. Took a while to find them. One of the side trips we took led us to a shelter. In that area was a house that had fallen in. Couldn't tell if was from neglect or a tree that came down during one of the two ice storms that they had here. A lot of tree damage. The woman at the visitors center said it sounded like gunshots going off.

We finally got to the nature center and it was closed. We did see a red tailed hawk wit a broken wing in a pen. On the way we saw a Barred Owl and Joyce got a nice picture of it.

Later in the day I took a short hike down one of the 18 miles of trails here. Trees blocking it in a couple of places.

Now watching a BB game on TV. Can't get the Va game since it is on cable. Just as well as I get to tense watching them play. Thunder storms have been rolling thru, some quite heavy. We have been under watches and warnings all evening. Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny but a little cooler but I expect we can handle 64. Was up to 69 today.

Hopefully I will find a place where I can post these.