Gitmo prisoners to Thomson IL

There has been a lot of news lately about the possibility of closing Gitmo and moving prisoners to an unused state prison about 40 miles north of here.  It is located just north of Thomson IL and is a testament to IL politics.  High security prison, never fully opened.  The jail is already high security;  [...]

Autumn leaves on the Iowa shore of the Mississippi River

Heron on the dock

Here is our old buddy from Canal Shore Drive, taken last week:

Barges are still running:

Autumn arrives on Upper Mississippi River

And the leaves on the trees are thinning.  One can almost see the River again:

I-80 Mississippi Bridge

Now open one lane east and west.  However, one cannot use the westbound on ramp at Illinois 84, a bit of a detour is involved to get back to Iowa.

Cutting down dead oak trees

We have 3 acres of land with this house, and a most of it is heavily wooded.  Now that we have been here several months, we have really noticed all the dead trees that need to come down.  So Kim’s brother Chris came up from South Carolina and the two of them have been dueling [...]

Bridge still closed going east: I was wrong

The I-80 Mississippi River Bridge is still closed going east.  They have been moving around barriers and putting up those skinny orange cones.  Those cones are so easily moved by a car.  It might be open both ways by this weekend.

I-80 Bridge to Close then open both ways

The bridge over the Mississippi River is to close completely overnight to allow for moving around of Jersey barriers and then the inside lanes will open both ways.
http://www.qctimes.com/news/local/article_cf52d1ba-8370-11de-93ae-001cc4c03286.html

I-80 approach to Mississippi–Getting closer to Done

Here are some shots I took coming home from work on July 30.  This shows the work on the Illinois side of the approach to the bridge.

Tugfest is coming

Hey, get in the groove….
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