Mississippi Headwaters

Today we took a day trip to Itasca State Park and the Headwaters of the Mississippi River.  It was a beautiful day for the trip and we saw a lot of new country.  The following pictures will show some of the trip and the headwaters area.

Here is the info on how the headwaters were found.

We are getting close now.  Pat is holding her sucker.  You will see mine in the next picture.

We are at the headwaters area.  That's a sucker in my mouth.  It was very good.

These are the rocks you can walk on to cross the river.  This is the headwaters of the river.

 The rocks looked to slippery, so I decided to wade across.  The water was not cold at all and only knee deep.  The gravel and sand on the bottom was a little hard on the bare feet.

Stopped for a rest in the middle.

Made it to the other side.

On the way back now.

And that was the visit to the Mississippi headwaters.

Patrick