Occasionally, we like to take part of an afternoon and go sit down by the Mississippi River.  We go mainly to watch the towboats pushing the barges …

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… and to see the eagles which nest along the river. 

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It’s also interesting to observe the flora and fauna along the shoreline.

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“Sometimes we’d have the whole river to ourselves for the longest time …” ~Mark Twain