White Pelicans amid the beauty of Mississippi River wetlands near Sabula, Iowa and the splendor of spring looking out over Mississippi Palisades State Park
Our friend David Lindgren, who farms in De Kalb County and regularly reports to us
on the weather and crop conditions out that way, reports welcome drier weather most
of this past weekend finally allowed our northern Illinois farmers to get into their
fields and plant a lot of corn and soybeans. David was among them Friday and
Saturday then took time out for a drive on Sunday during which he took the beautiful
shots we share with you here. He and his wife Colleen were in northwest Illinois and
northeast Iowa in Mississippi River country. Their trip took them from the southern
branch of the Chicago Galena Stage Coach Trail onto Route 30 to the Mississippi
River into Iowa. David and Colleen spotted the White Pelicans pictured above and a
spectacular panoramic shot from the Mississippi Palisades State Park. Thanks David
and Collen!
Tom Skilling
Picture courtesy of David Lindgren of De Kalb County, Illinois