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Winter Lighthouse Photography in Lake Michigan

I recently visited the lower eastern side of Lake Michigan to photograph the lighthouses. During the winter, the lighthouses build up large amounts of ice and look like creatures from outer space! These lights are mostly guides for ships traveling to an inland lake with calmer waters and they usully have two piers running outContinue reading “Winter Lighthouse Photography in Lake Michigan”

Winter Bird Watching at Clarksville Dam

Here are Pelicans enjoying the ice on the Mississippi River in Clarksville, Missouri. At this time of year the Clarksville Lock and Dam is a great place to view Pelicans, Eagles, and Seagulls. The dam creates some open water that attracts multiple species of waterfowl. January and February are good times to visit the MississippiContinue reading “Winter Bird Watching at Clarksville Dam”

Road America 1995

Going through old photos of my father’s I came across photos from 1995 taken at Road America racetrack, Elkhart Lake, WI. I am not sure which Aston Martin this is, but it appears to be a DB4GT Zagato. One thing I like about Road America is that the track has multiple grades and not onlyContinue reading “Road America 1995”

Eagle Watching

January and February are the best times for eagle watching at the confluence of the Mississippi river and the Missouri River. Normally I will go up to Grafton or along the Great River Road along the Mississippi. However this photo was taken at the Clarksville Lock and Dam near Hannibal.  This was taken with aContinue reading “Eagle Watching”

Soaring Pelican

Now is a good time visit the Mississippi River to view migratory birds. Pelicans, eagles, ducks and geese are all active in the Midwest migratory routs. Good places to view are Riverlands, the River Road through Grafton and the lock and dam in Clarksville. This was taken in Clarksville last February near the lock andContinue reading “Soaring Pelican”

Wainwright Tomb

Early in the New Year, means a trip to the family plot in Bellefontaine Cemetery in the northern section of the City of St. Louis. Founded in 1849 as St. Louis’s first rural cemetery, Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum (the first west of the Mississippi) became a unique garden landscape for prominent figures like William Clark andContinue reading “Wainwright Tomb”

Exploring Forest Park’s Mallards and Waterfowl

A pair of Mallards hanging out in Forest Park. The park is filled with waterfowel, particularly geese and Mallards. Not far from the lagoon, these birds flock together making it a good area to observe them.

Father Christmas

St. Charles, Missouri, is an old 18th Century river town and trading post. Main Street, which runs along the Missouri River has been nicely restored, and is the sight of many Christmas activities. Diane and I drove over there from St. Louis for dinner in one of their many unique restaurants. While walking down theContinue reading “Father Christmas”