It was rainy today, a much less attractive day than yesterday, but it seemed like a good day to watch the river adjust to its new volume of water. I ended up very near Harriet Island at Raspberry Island.
Raspberry Island is an island in the Mississippi River under the Wabasha Street Bridge. It used to be known as Navy Island until just a few years ago. It has been renovated and improved, adding trees, trails and benches. The bench below has a very good view of the Mississippi as it rises towards flood stage. [I guess I've taken on Santini's bench quest for a while.]
There is also this sign at the downstream end of the island that is meant to keep crazy people from going swimming there. Today there were no crazy people in sight when I visited. The river looks pretty dangerous, too, with large trees and ice floes floating down towards Kansas City.
Spring is an iffy thing in Minnesota. Tomorrow is supposed to be warm and sunny again - maybe 60 degrees again. I'm okay with that.
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I'd never heard of Raspberry Island. The water looks pretty high. And the bench looks pretty new. Let's hope it doesn't get swept away in the spring floods.
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