Nothing happened yesterday.
The weather really went down the tubes once I got to the Driftless. I’ve been reading.
Hwy 35, The Great River Road, runs parallel to the Mississippi River on the east side of the river. It’s about a mile from my campground. Around here the Mississippi has many, many islands and channels. Don’t want to insult anyone but the area feels very rural and like you stepped back in time a little bit. The Great River Road is one lane in each direction with no room for widening because of the bluffs along the river. There are little “towns” along the highway with small old taverns. Time has not been kind to the towns in the area. It’s a rougher looking crowd with many biker types.
Many boat ramps and a tremendous amount of bass boats and larger jon boats are up and down the river. There are many private campgrounds and a couple of large state and federal campgrounds full of trucks and boat trailers. I’m not sure how many combination dams and locks are up and down the river. The river areas below the dams are called pools. There is a lot of walleye fishing. Due to the weather and weekend I probably won’t fish until Monday. I’ll be taking photos along the river and post them when I get home.
Driving around looking for streams took me through many old towns down in the valleys, “coulees”. The surrounding country is beautiful but the little towns have seen better days.
It’s been beautiful here this week.