Very early start this morning from Duluth Minnesota which treated us very well. Long ride to Itacsa State Park and the Headwaters of the Mississippi. Very cool park. Then a quite confusing start onto the Great River Road. The map book I have is for shit and we decided to figure out the route with a good old paper atlas. The route runs the full length of the river, but it is not well marked and roads end, and signs disappear. That said, once we got it settled it was just strikingly beautiful. We plowed downstream for about 200 miles and watched the river start to grow.
This is Mary Lake. There you go Mary, something is officially named for you.
Schultz standing at the tiny stream that drains from Lake Itacsa and begins the Mississippi River. So the water above the rocks is the lake...and his left foot is in the Mississippi.
Roadside produce stand tomato break.
Mississippi Headwaters...Yep, Following the Comet!
Route along the Great River Road
This deer and I played chicken for 30 seconds. I would start to move forward and he would nudge towards the road. I finally threw a tic tac at him/her to avoid a potential nasty harley/deer burger.
Plato's Cave Allegory. Is the shadow real or is the person real?
Hamboning in Duluth
This is the Mississippi 200 miles downstream from the headwaters at Itacsa.
She is starting to grow.
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