Looking at the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers from Cairo, Illinois, the thing which impressed me was how giant the Ohio was; it is an extremely impressive river in its lower reaches. And looking it up, I discovered that it is, in fact, the larger stream at the juncture. By traditional standards – meaning considering the [...]
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The things you find out.
19-Mar-11The Mississippi.
18-Mar-11I drove up the Mississippi from New Orleans to Dallas City (Illinois) in two days, making stops in Vicksburg, Greenville, Clarksdale, Cairo, Hannibal, Carthage, and Nauvoo. This brief taste has whetted my appetite to bike the whole river. I had thought that such a trip might be boring: a river trip does not offer the [...]