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March 2015 Northeast Iowa, Yellow River State Forest campground, Little Paint Creek thawing at campground bridge.

2014 May at home in Northeast Iowa, patch of five lady-slippers in home woods.

2014 May at home in Northeast Iowa, patch of five lady-slippers in home woods.

March 20, 2014 Effigy Mounds NM Hanging Rock view south.

March 20, 2014 Effigy Mounds NM Hanging Rock view of ice fishing across the Mississippi in the backwater ice.

March 20, 2014 Effigy Mounds Hanging Rock view south.

March 20, 2014 Effigy Mounds NM Hanging Rock view south.

March 20, 2014 Effigy Mounds Hanging Rock view south.

March 20, 2014 Effigy Mounds NM Hanging Rock view south

March 20, 2014 Effigy Mounds National Monument Hanging Rock view of ice.

March 20, 2014 Effigy Mounds National Monument Hanging Rock view looking south.

March 20, 2014 Effigy Mounds National Monument Hanging Rock view south.

March 20, 2014 Effigy Mounds National Monument Twin Views looking north.

March 20, 2014 Effigy Mounds National Monument Fire Point

During March, we day hiked Effigy Mounds National Monument here in northeast Iowa and took pictures of the Mississippi ice breaking up over several days. Effigy Mounds has multiple units and all these trips went to the north unit above the visitor center. Effigy Mounds north unit has three...

March 26, 2014 Effigy Mounds National Monument, Fire Point south view of Mississippi

March 21, 2014 Effigy Mounds National Monument, Fire Point view south of Mississippi River

March 20 2014, Effigy Mounds National Monument, Fire Point afternoon south view of Mississippi River

March 20 2014, Effigy Mounds National Monument, Fire Point morning south view of Mississippi River

March 17 2014 Effigy Mounds National Monument, Fire Point south view of Mississippi River

March 13 2014 Effigy Mounds National Monument, Fire Point view south of Mississippi River

The picture below reports the current status of the eastern frontier of WTW, the Mississippi River, between Iowa and Wisconsin. We went snow shoeing at Pikes Peak SP in northeast Iowa and took a couple of pictures. The first picture has the Wisconsin River delta at the Mississippi. The rivers...

February 2012, Squirrel tunneling under 20" of snow for nuts.

February 2014, Mississippi River from Pikes Peak SP, Iowa, looking north.

February 2014, Pikes Peak SP in Iowa. Wisconsin River delta at the Mississippi River.