Some Sights on the River in Iowa

Flying our Colors in Dubuque

Groups of Pelicans Heading South --
Our Companions on the Water

We passed and old style paddle boat on the river -- we could hear a calliope playing as the passengers waved to us from the decks. The river boat was headed north as we passed them going south with the migrating birds. 

Almost all the houses near or at the river's edge are built on stilts. 

I suspect when the river rises the people abandon the lower floor of the house and move one flight or two flights if possible to save themselves and their belongings. I wonder if they can get flood insurance in a house so vulnerable to the river flooding?