Wednesday 27 August 2008

08/27/2008 07:30:14



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Our campsite looking out at the Wisconsin Bridge on the Mississippi River in Dubuque Iowa



08/27/2008 07:30:34



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such an idyllic camp on the Mississippi River in Dubuque Iowa



08/27/2008 07:30:57



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Our campsite



08/27/2008 07:31:23



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putting my bedding up before heading out of the tent



08/27/2008 07:31:33



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putting a poncho liner in the stuff sack



08/27/2008 07:32:36



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Putting on my socks



08/27/2008 07:38:39



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getting that shot



08/27/2008 07:40:23



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Using the picnic table with a military poncho for a tablecloth as a base to shoot yet another train across the Mississippi River in Dubuque Iowa



08/27/2008 08:28:46



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The Wisconsin bridge viewed from Riverfront Park on the Mississippi River in Dubuque Iowa



08/27/2008 08:29:33



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Our "dirty" kitchen



08/27/2008 08:29:42



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We had the option of buying a disposable grill, but I thought it would be too much of a waste, so we got these small pans instead. They would have worked better if we had an actual grill to put them on.



08/27/2008 08:29:53



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Yet another butt shot



08/27/2008 09:00:50



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Suyen and our 1st camp breakfast



08/27/2008 09:15:00



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We set the camera up on a mini tripod to get a shot of us eating brekkus at the Mississippi River in Dubuque Iowa



08/27/2008 09:16:23



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The guys who were cutting the grass at the park came over and took our picture



08/27/2008 10:14:53



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Moon over the Mississippi



08/27/2008 10:15:18



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since we didn't bring a tripod or monopod, I have to use a mini tripod and a stable base, in this case the post holding a garbage can, to get a long distance shot across the river of a riverboat and northbound freight train



08/27/2008 10:15:32



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Northbound riverboat on the Mississippi River in Dubuque Iowa



08/27/2008 10:15:44



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boats, trains and automobiles



08/27/2008 10:15:56



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Suyen got a long shot of the shower facility and the managers office which is a 5th wheel travel trailer at Riverview Park on the Mississippi River in Dubuque Iowa



08/27/2008 10:16:12



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I'm getting my last shot of the riverboat on the Mississippi River in Dubuque Iowa



08/27/2008 10:16:30



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Watching a northbound riverboat and freight train on the Mississippi River in Dubuque Iowa



08/27/2008 10:24:15



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strange flight of birds over the park



08/27/2008 10:24:24





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I don't know what kind of birds these are, even though some guy with a Minnesota accent asked me



08/27/2008 10:29:29



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We need to go that way. No wait, we'll stay here a bit



08/27/2008 10:51:59



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Dubuque-Wisconsin Bridge



en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubuque-Wisconsin_Bridge



08/27/2008 10:52:11



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Nice view of the Mississippi River in Dubuque Iow



08/27/2008 10:52:42



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resting under a tree



08/27/2008 10:52:54



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sitting under a tree to get in some late morning surfing on the internets



08/27/2008 10:53:14



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Taking advantage of the respite to upload some pictures



08/27/2008 10:54:03



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getting a video of a train across the Mississippi River in Dubuque Iowa



08/27/2008 11:20:32br>


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Looking North on the Mississippi River in Dubuque Iowa




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08/27/2008 11:22:16



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Suyen and the Mississippi River in Dubuque Iowa



08/27/2008 11:26:19



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posing with the Mississippi River in the background in Dubuque Iowa



08/27/2008 11:28:34



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We clamped the camera to a no swimming sign post so we could get this pic



08/27/2008 11:30:37



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Suyen is taking my picture by the Mississippi River



08/27/2008 11:58:29



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We decided to take the scenic route back taking the road next to the Mississippi river as far as we could traveling through river towns and valleys. It was quite pretty and we saw lots of motorcycle riders doing the same.



08/27/2008 11:59:40



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Driving in the Missisisippi river bottoms in Iowa



08/27/2008 19:40:15



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Ahhh, sunset on our way home on HWY 36 in Missouri



08/27/2008 21:37:46



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The neon is blinking restaurant



08/27/2008 21:37:55



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The neon is animated -- blinking lounge in this frame



08/27/2008 21:38:35



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Our last pitt stop before home. This is in Cameron, Missouri, which I always jokingly call "Cameron Diaz" Missouri.



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