It has been a long day! We started about 8:30 this morning. The boys traveled pretty well, no major problems. Jacob was feeling a little confined but we stopped in Memphis at Mud Island river park to see the Mississippi river. They have a small replica of the Mississippi that the kids got to wade in. On the way to the Mississippi we listened to Tom Sawyer on audio book. Then we stopped in Little Rock for dinner at a great mexican place called Juanita's.
Cool facts about the Mississippi
Its over 2300 feet long.
It is the biggest river in volume but it isn't the longest in the US. The Missouri is the longest.
It ranges from 20 feet wide to 4 miles wide.
It starts in Minnesota and goes all the way to the gulf of Mexico.
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Wooohooo. I just checked a bit ago and there was no post and then here it is. I'm glad day one went well.
Linda N
Sounds great!!! You guys are not kidding about traveling! Arkansas?! Wow! Sounds like a great first day!!
The Mississippi River has starts about ten miles from where I grew up in northern Minnesota. It's called the Headwaters and it starts at Lake Itaska. It's very cool to be able to cross the Mississippi in about six hops! Just a little FYI...
Sheri
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