Port of St. paul

This is not the first picture I have taken of the boat landing and I am sure it won’t be the last.  This year it was underwater until mid July which is unusual.  The first bridge in the background is the Robert Street bridge which is on the national register and in between the arches you can see the Wabasha street bridge and if you look carefully in the arch on the far left frames the last stretch of the Smith Avenue bridge.

sail boats

I am not sure if it is because of the heat or because I live in Minnesota but I feel an need to dip my toes in the water.  The photo was taken in one of my favorite spots on the planet, San Francisco California.  I think it has been awhile since I have taken a photo that I like as much or enjoyed taking as much as I did this one.

Mississippi River

I took this on Memorial day. In this part of the country cold and rain on the Memorial day holiday are more common than sunshine and warm weather.

Tug Boat

All types of boats park here.  I don’t know if the parking is free.  The boats make for nice photographs and there is almost always a tug parked at the Port of St. Paul.

Barges on the Mississippi

I have to peddle fast to sneak in a bike ride between storms.  These barges have been in the same place for a couple of weeks and a couple of tug boats have been beside them.

Not Tall Ships

I went to do Duluth to see the small ships but all I got to photograph were some small boats. It is always fun to go to the lake but I have to say the did everything they could to make sure we would not see tall ships on August the 28th even though all the web sites said that they would be in the harbor.  They were hiding.

Johnathan Paddleford

How can this be?  I am running out of photos.  There are so many things to shoot this time of year. Just about everything looks better without snow and ice in it.

Before the fireworks

I took this before the July 4th fireworks began.  The high bridge is a wonderful place to take photos from and as the sun goes down I like the challenge of getting them when the “1″ is lit up.

After the fireworks

I love to photograph the Mississippi river at night.   With the colors and the reflections it never looks the same twice.  I took this one just after the July 4th fireworks in St. Paul. I like the boats and the barges.   I have a rule about shooting downtown and that is that the 1 must be lit up on the first bank building.  It blinks on and off and I delete the shot if it is off.  I did get some shots of the fireworks too but amazingly they look the same every year.

Men at work

The rig is parked just off of Harriet Island. They are removing some of the debris and trees that the flood left behind.  The water is receding but it did leave a mess behind.