Crossing the Mississippi River

We went to the headwaters of the Mississippi River at Itasca state Park. Headwaters meens start.

We walked down a short path from the parking lot, over a bridge and there was the beginning of the river. I saw stones from one side to the other, a bridge made out of a log that was cut in half and a few people. I ran across the log bridge and then walked across the stones. The third time I tried to cross I got my foot a little wet. The water was really cold!

Then we tried to figure out how fast the water was moving. We put a leaf in the water I sat on the log and timed it. The leaf went 10 feet in 14 seconds. There was a museum that had bird and Indian stuff.

I liked it a lot.