Along the banks of the Mississippi

Yesterday I joined a group of friends who paint with artist Gene Ursprung to paint plein aire at the Migratory Bird Sanctuary on the Mississippi on the Missouri side across from the Alton bridge.  What a wonderful spot that I didn't know existed.  There is a visitor's center built by the army corp of engineers, some picnic tables and plenty of sites to view the river and the migratory birds.  We didn't see birds, but we were concentrating on painting the sky, the shore lines and the poplars.  It's a place I want to take Steve and maybe Peaches to visit.