Day 25: 9/20/06
At Hok-Si-La Municipal Park north of Lake City, we enjoyed a good night sleep. We slept well not because we battled waves on Pepin the day before, but because we were HIBERNATING! The temps got again in the mid-30s, and there was frost 10 miles north of us. Hok-Si-La is a perfect stop for paddlers and cyclists along the Mississippi. It offers a friendly and knowledgeable staff, hot showers, beach, campground, breathtaking views of the river. 
Apparently, it is also perfect for watching the fall migration as we were swarmed while departing by a flock of 400-500 pelicans! It has become blatantly obvious to us over the course of the last few weeks how important of a flyway this is for waterfowl. Approximately 40% of migratory waterfowl and shorebirds use the Mississippi Valley as their road to and from their winter homes. If you haven't already, please read about (and donate to!) the Audubon Society's Mississippi River-Headwater's to Gulf Campaign. They have clear goals and a feasible plan to achieve them. Let's make sure the river is a success story for not just the human species! 
Joe looks bewildered as he takes in the mammoth pool that is Lake Pepin. And miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.
posted by Joe & Ben Palmquist @ 11:16 AM
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TWINS ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS!
Andy
I seen you two the afternoon you left Dubuque down around Galena on the Iowa side of the river. I was fishing alone in a red and white bass boat,we greeted each other with hi and a wave. I thought to myself it's a long way to New Orleans in a conoe,not knowing what you to were up to. Well the next day in the Dubuque paper I read the rest of the story. Just wanted to say good luck fellas and have a safe trip.
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