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Mississippi River. . . .river

Summer with family . . . . .summer

June 2006 At Pierre Marquette Park, IL Mississippi River. 1997 GMC truck I bought Nov05 then I put on camper top. My 10' long jon boat with sunroof, hauled on my modified lawnmower trailer, 10 horse power motor.

River current very slow. 50 large ducks on shoreline. Temp 74* slight breeze, totally relaxing.

One mile north from park. I then off motor and float back in current; and yes I have two paddles as oars and wear my safety jacket.

25June ‘06. Sister Robin sits on swing. White rocks waterfall into moat around brick wishing well. Motor ran two weeks then died; now moat leaks. All the old bricks about my house I salvaged from buildings being torn down in area and are all over 100years old. But recently the impatience and insurance fears of new contractors cause bulldozers to destroy and fill dump trucks headed for our giant landfill.

Mid September 2006 was hot! 85* + So I took my log splitter out to Uncle Dale's and chopped up big oak hunks for him.

Dale's neighbor, Sarge, had a frontyard giant dead oak tree dropped and gave Dale the firewood hunks. Each half log weighed 100 lbs

Dale helped for one half truck load, "Too hot, let's play some cards." We drank lemonade and chatted some. I returned over the next five days, doing 2 and 3 hours in the blistering heat, quitting when hot and tired.

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