The Bridges At LaBenite

                  Hiway 291 Bridges over the Missouri River at Sugar Creek's LaBenite Park.

Walking By The Rivers

The Missouri and Kaw Rivers are jammed with ice.. still flowing, but packed.  Went down to see today.  Also saw a Ring-billed gill fishing in the Kaw.  Thanks John Page-Cooper for the bird ID.

 Circling the only portion of open water... he/she descended and grabbed a fish... very graceful flier.

Rivers Of Ice

The Kaw River, foreground, with the Missouri in back.. Shortly after sunset.  Yes, it was cold, very cold...  camera did fine, me, not so much.

Mighty Mo In Black And White

Above, the City from Kaw Point.  Below, from River Front Park . 

The river is higher this year than it has been the past two years in February. Usually you can walk almost to the middle of the channel on sand/rock bars. Not this year. 

                                   Above, from River Front Park.  Below, from Kaw Point

The Dredge Report

This is the Dredge Randolph which helps keep the shipping channel deep enough for barges and other traffic by scouring the bottom and removing objects and sand that have built up over time.  A barge rides along with the dredge and accepts the sand which is taken down river to ( I think ) a concrete plant.   These shots are all from 2006.

Below: I made a river visit once when the Randolph was being serviced by the tug Sibley.  I think it was the front scraper was jammed or the cables were out of alignment.  The tug with a crane on the deck came alongside to help.

 Above and below the business end of the system that is lowered to the river bed and brings matter to the surface.

 Above and below:  when one barge is full of sand the Sibley brings an empty one and swaps them out.

 Above and below; The Sibley pulls out the loaded barge, turns around, and then heads down the river to (wild guess here) Sibley.

Kansas City - Missouri

                           City just before and just after sunset from the boat dock in River Front Park.

Wide, Strong, And Silent

Missouri River at Florissant, Missouri.

Missouri River At Florissant

                                    On the bank of the Missouri River at Florissant.

                          From the bluffs overlooking the Missouri River.   Florissant, Missouri.

Trees Along The Kaw

Young trees along the Kaw where it joins the Missouri. 

Early Spring On The River

View from a sand bar on the Missouri River of Downtown Kansas City. 

Spring Thaw 2015

              Out on a sand bar early last March on the Missouri next to the old River Front Park.

Kaw Point Noir

Kaw point, center, with the Missouri River on the left and the Kaw River on the right.  Kansas City skyline in the center.  Cottonwoods in the foreground.  Below, same general view treeless. Lewis and Clark camped just a quarter mile to the left in this picture on their way west and their way back east.

Winter's Last Gasp

Kaw Point

Sunset Kaw Point

Mighty Mo In Infrared Glow

                                   Above, Missouri River looking West from River Front Park.

                               Above, Missouri and Kaw Rivers looking East from Kaw Point.

Down By The River