Friday, August 21, 2009

More Emiquon in August

Some of the Emiquon Corps members got together on Friday, August 21, to make final selections for a display to be shown at the Emiquon Fest on the following Saturday. As I left Dickson Mounds Museum, a storm was blowing through. I pulled off at the South gate to Thompson Levee and watched it pass. As the rain stopped over the lake, I could still see it raining in Havana, on the other side of the river.

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Dappled light shown into the bottom land forest south of the levee.

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I drove north on 78 and pulled off at one of the chained entrances to watch some egrets and herons, with pelicans shining in the sun way out in the distance.

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Pump House Road is under water.

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