This week Amy has chosen “A River Runs Through It” as the theme for the Weekly Photo Challenge. When I saw Amy’s challenge I immediately thought of the Mississippi River which runs through ten states in the U.S.
“The Mississippi River will always have it’s own way; no engineering skill can persuade it to do otherwise” – Mark Twain
The Mighty Mississipi runs from the headwaters in Itasca State Park, Minnesota south to the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana.
” Here 1475 feet above the ocean the mighty Mississippi begins to flow on its winding way 2552 miles to the Gulf of Mexico” ~from the marker at the headwaters
Marker at the Headwaters of the Mississippi River
The Headwaters of the Mississippi River in Itasca State Park, Minnesota
Mississippi River at the headwaters in Itasca State Park, Minnesota
Ordered from north to south, the rest of my images are from several different viewpoints along the Mississippi River.
Potosi, Wisconsin side of the MIssissippi River looking toward Dubuque, IowaView from the middle of the Mississippi River on a paddle boat near Hannibal, MissouriGateway Arch Riverboat on the Mississippi River in St. Louis, MissouriSunrise over the Mississippi River at Trail of Tears State Park in Jackson, MOSunset over the Mississippi River from at Trail of Tears State Park in Jackson, MissouriMud Island River Park river walk in Memphis, Tennessee is a 5-block long replica of the lower Mississippi river, from Cairo, IL, to New Orleans, LA.We sat in our campsite and watched barges on the Mississippi River at Tom Sawyer RV Park in West Memphis, ArkansasConfluence of St. Francis and Mississippi River in Mississippi River State Park in Marianna, ArkansasThe mighty Mississippi River in Vicksburg, Mississippi
