Where the Mississippi River starts

   There's a state park in northern Minnesota with a very pretty Visitor's Center.  It has river exhibits, maps and histories to see and read.

  A statue by the trail to the headwaters honors women as the keeper of water and life.

 There's a small lake at the end of the short walk and an even smaller creek running out of the lake and into the surrounding woods.

  Everyone was taking off their shoes and walking across the mid calf deep water of the rocky little stream - walking across the Mississippi River!

  A mother duck and her 6 tiny chicks paid no attention to the noisy tourists.