The Liefies

Here’s another of Lake Francis Case, which is a dammed up part of the Missouri River. Specifically, this is Whetstone Bay, which is several miles north of Bonesteel on highway 1806. We basically had that entire highway all to ourselves. There is a public boat landing near the end of 1806 there–the [...]

Anyone who has driven through SW Minnesota knows how FLAT it is! To paraphrase what someone I once knew said, it’s flat enough to stand on a six-pack and see the other end of the state. This picture captures some of this, with a beautiful sunset to boot.

The river of my youth. I grew up not far from the longest natural (undammed) stretch of the Missouri River left, where it was nearly a mile wide and very shallow, littered with shifting sand bars. The location of the main current changes often, and it is home to many endangered species of [...]