Posts Tagged ‘great river road’
On the Road Again
This is not a blog post, it’s a preview of coming attractions. My Own True Love and I are back on the Great River Road. Today we reached the banks of the Mississippi and are ready to take up where we left off. While part of the charm of our adventures on the Great River…
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Road Trip Through History: Lake Itasca State Park and the Headwaters of the Mississippi
As you know if you’ve been reading along, My Own True Love and I just drove a portion of the Great River Road. Several years ago we drove the southern leg of the road, traveling south from Memphis to the point on the Gulf where the road dead-ends in chain link fences and industrial parks…
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From the History in the Margins Archives: A Little Piece of the Great River Road
My Own True Love and I are coming to the end of a week on the Great River Road. We drove north through Wisconsin and Minnesota to Lake Itasca State Park and the headwaters of the Mississippi. Since then we’ve been working our way south on back roads that follow, cross, and re-cross the Mississippi. …
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