{"id":5118,"date":"2015-02-03T18:08:09","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T18:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=5118"},"modified":"2015-02-03T18:45:23","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T18:45:23","slug":"a-tale-of-two-mississippis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=5118","title":{"rendered":"A TALE OF TWO MISSISSIPPI&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0I had the chance recently to intimately explore the two Mississippi&#8217;s within the same week. The one in Eastern Ontario and the other, more famous one in the United States.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Pakenham.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5119\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Pakenham.jpg\" alt=\"Pakenham\" width=\"4256\" height=\"2832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Pakenham.jpg 4256w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Pakenham-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Pakenham-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4256px) 100vw, 4256px\" \/><\/a><strong>STONE ARCH BRIDGE, PAKENHAM, ONTARIO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Longest stone arch bridge in North America, the Pakenham bridge spans Ontario&#8217;s Mississippi river. Took this picture on my return from my recent visit to Algonquin Park. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FRONTENAC-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5120\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FRONTENAC-2.jpg\" alt=\"FRONTENAC-2\" width=\"3195\" height=\"2396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FRONTENAC-2.jpg 3195w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FRONTENAC-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FRONTENAC-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3195px) 100vw, 3195px\" \/><\/a><strong>THE FROZEN &#8220;MIGHTY MISSISSIP&#8221;, FRONTENAC, MINNESOTA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>View across the Mississippi to the bluffs of Wisconsin on the other side. Named after New France&#8217;s most famous governor, Frontenac is not too far from Wabasha, film location of the movie, Grumpy Old Men.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ICE-FISHING.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5121\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ICE-FISHING.jpg\" alt=\"ICE FISHING\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ICE-FISHING.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ICE-FISHING-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ICE-FISHING-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/a><strong>ICE-FISHING, UPPER MISSISSIPPI, MINNESOTA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau wouldn&#8217;t have too much to complain about on a spectacular winter&#8217;s day such as this! Apparently, the parking is free.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0I had the chance recently to intimately explore the two Mississippi&#8217;s within the same week. The one in Eastern Ontario and the other, more famous one in the United States. 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