Sailing weather

A sailboat rides the wind on Lake Davenport (the portion of the Mississippi River on the Iowa side just upstream of Lock & Dam 15). Strong winds brought welcome relief from the steamy humid weather last weekend.

on Thu, 06/16/2005 - 01:33 by Anonymous

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