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Great River Bluffs State Park


Oh my…if you’ve never been, I highly recommend a visit to Great River Bluffs State Park. I was here earlier in the Fall color season, but was met with 30 mph winds and side-ways rain. If you like beautiful panoramas of some gorgeous Mississippi River scenery this is a must see destination. If you take a look at the park map – I hiked out to the Hill of Many Timbers, North and South Overlook (by campground), and took a shot from the overlook right off the road. I ran a bit short on time (I saw the sun setting in the distance and realized I was nowhere close to a good vantage point) and did not get out to Kings Bluffs, but I am sure that location is equally as picturesque…another time perhaps. I raced back towards Winona, Wabasha, and Lake City in hopes of shooting some of the sunset; I was somewhat successful.

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Duck Hunting opener – Winona


It was a gorgeous day for the MN Duck Hunting opener – too nice of course.  I elected to sleep in.  It wasn’t long after the others left that I was awake – the sound of shotgun blasts echoed through the river bottoms at the magic hour – a half hour before sunrise.  Somehow I managed to doze off awhile longer.

I did get out on the water for a boat ride around the river backwater pools with a good friend and his son.  Mitchel was excited to go out and look for ducks in his newly acquired camo while touting his BB gun :-) .  The clouds were pretty spectacular.

Mitchel and his “boom-stick”