The Mighty Mississippi

When we lived in Ohio, people would ask me where we planned to live after Dennis finished school and my reply was usually "west of the Mississippi" not thinking that we'd end up living NORTH of the Mississippi. Itasca State Park is known as being the "headwaters of the Mississippi River". And here it is folks in all of its glory. The headwaters is shallow enough so you can say that you "walked across the Mississippi River."
Here is Sadie walking across the Mississippi. Crossing the river on the rocks:Crossing the river on a log (it doesn't look like it, but about 1 second after this picture was taken, Eli was trying to push his sister in. Sadie screamed like only Sadie can scream. They make their mother so proud!)This is the tallest white pine in the United States...Ohhh, Ahhhh....
If you come visit, I promise that we'll go. You can even get a ribbon that says "I walked across the Mississippi." Seriously. I know you want one!