We have left the great plains behind, and after passing through the farmlands of Minnesota we have arrived in La Crosse, Wisconsin beside the Mississippi River.
The Mighty Mississippi is the longest river in North America and the fourth longest river in the world. It flows through ten different states as it makes it way from Canada down to the Gulf of Mexico. The 19th century American author, Mark Twain made the Mississippi famous through his stories of life along the river including, Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. And who's heart isn't touch when they hear the words from the song Old Man River written for the musical Showboat and sung Here.
There is a beautiful river walk in La Crosse where we always love to stop to walk and watch the boats go by. It was a cloudy day so my pictures are a little dark.
Old Man River, he just keeps rolling along and we will catch up
with him again in another state later on.
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