Lake Itasca

The park is the home of the head waters of the great mississippi river and there are 14 stones that you could walk across the mighty river, but as you can see the water is to high for me and cold. The weather is cold and rainy. The locals said we should ...

... necessary.  There was also alot of conflict over what denoted the actual 'start'.  It wasn't until the 1880's that Lake Itasca was determined to be the headwaters.  This 'discovery' was made with the help of the local Indian ...

... for the headwaters. There's a second visitors center near there, but we forewent stopping by and headed directly to the outlet of Lake Itasca.  Here we saw where the mighty river has it's humble beginnings, the outflow of the lake.  We saw ...

... cowboy thing, I've been laying down some serious tracks! Just hit 11,000 miles on Amealia, been to every park in 12 states, and am FREAKIN LIVIN IT UP! This month has been dedicateted to chasing wildlife and now that I'm in the ...

... clear.  It's probably the cleanest you'll ever see the Mississippi River!  The river itself, as it begins out of Lake Itasca, looks more like a creek or stream.  It's fascinating to think this is the beginning of the big wide Mississippi ...