We Have Retained Some Water

 

Dockside

Smack in the heart of downtown Saint Paul but feeling miles away from the city.  The docked boat is the Covington Inn Bed and Breakfast. For 30 years it was a working towboat, then spent about 20 years dry-docked in Louisiana before the River Valley Preservation Company towed her to Saint Paul and created one of the few floating bed and breakfasts in the country.

Boat Show

Looking down on the Mississippi River from the 3rd Ave. Bridge, Minneapolis, MN.

 

Chained for the season

Overturning summer things in Loring Park, Minneapolis.

Two if by river

A spot of early morning fishing on the Mississippi River, St. Paul.

Couple of reds

Spotted near the Hennepin Ave. Bridge, Minneapolis.

The life aquatic

Lake Calhoun, Minneapolis.

Madison Blue

On the shores of Lake Mendota, Wisconsin.

One more from Lake Mendota

Every time I start thinking I could see myself piloting a boat, I remember one important thing: large bodies of water sort of terrify me.
Madison, WI.

Sail into sunset

Chalk this one up in the "almost" category. If I could do it over, the sailboat would be fully in the shot. But the floating deck I was on while taking the picture was bobbing around more than I expected. I fired off about three shots before the people in the boat had pushed off from the dock and were out of the frame; this is the best of those.
Lake Calhoun, MN.

Evening at Lake Calhoun

Sun going down on a stellar summer day.