Opal

Sightings on the Upper Mississippi - Aug 07 by Tim Powell    Pics 1 - 4        (Aug 1st) Hey Crew! I'm finally back on line! Long week at work. I took a load from Peoria to Spring Valley Ill. and crossed the Illinois river at Lacon Ill. and shot the Maud & Opal sitting in port! MIDWEST II & MIDWEST III DSCF2850.JPG I hope I'm right on the names? I need one of your "big guns" to capture these far away shots! Pictures taken in the same spot, Lacon Illinois on 1 August 07. Pic 5        (Aug 20th) Nathan ... Pic 6 - 12        (Aug 21st) OK Crew! I was traveling through Nebraska last week and came upon these boats sitting in a field? Could not get as close as I wanted, but here they are! Wish the big piece of culvert was not in the picture. It looked like the prop was in a tunnel on this boat. Tunnel drives are popular on cruisers, why not a towboat? This little guy looks like one of the boats McKenzie had? Well Crew. This is the last picture from the Nebraska find. Can't believe they would park a pair of perfectly good little boats in a field that far from the Missouri River? Hope somebody sees one they recognize! Pic 13 - 24        (Aug 24th) NAVY LST 325 Hey Crew! If anybody wants to just delete these, feel free. From what I have heard so far, everybody said to send. I shot these yesterday in Peoria Illinois. 24 August 07. She was tied to the West bank of the Illinois River on the North side of the I-74 bridge. I will not say any more as it speaks for it's self. Just wish I would have had more time. Pic 25        (Aug 24th) PETER FANCHI DSCF2941.JPG upbound, Burlington Iowa picture taken in the rain 24 August 07 Pics 26 - 34        (Aug 26th) 26 - ANDREA LEIGH downbound just above Burlington IA. 27 - ANDREA LEIGH riding along at a fairly good clip with all the current! 15.5 feet and still on the rise. Not sure when the river is supposed to crest? 28 - Hey Crew. Took the "Girls" for a short boat ride this morning. 26 August 07 Burlington IA. 29 - JAMES L DSCF2971 Lightboat, upbound working the fleet. 30 - JAMES L & IZONA working the fleet! Well, talking about the tree on the barge, but working the fleet sounds more official! 26 August 07 picture by deckhand Tim! 31 - Izona & James L DSCF2975 Lori is sitting in the starboard seat, Miss Lucky crawled up onto the barge so "Uncle Bruce Turner" could pet her! Miss Lucky is really turning into a little barge tramp! She just lets any old towboat Captain pet her! 32 - MELLISSA K DSCF2984 sitting at the north fleet waiting to go to work. 33 - CLERMONT DSCF2987 sitting at the North fleet 26 August, Burlington Iowa, picture by Tim 34 - Forward Watch by Miss Lucky! On time, on duty, and on the river!

Tim, Lori & Miss Lucky! "Izona" built 2004