
The muddy banks of the Mississippi River - Ashburn, Missouri |

Barry, his sister, and his girlfriend - across the Mississippi from Muscatine,
Iowa |

This was the first time I drank beer the whole trip - honest! |

Muscatine, Iowa |

Field of Dreams - Once just a cornfield, now a tourist trap - Dyersville,
Iowa |

Where's Kevin Costner? |

The filming of the movie Field of Dreams put Dyersville on the map |

The quaint little town of Elkader, Iowa |

Yes, Iowa isn't all flat fields of corn |

This is Iowa? a cliff overlooking the Mississippi River in Lansing |

That's Wisconsin across the river - Lansing |

Minnesota |

This photo was taken by a member of Women on Wheels motorcycle club near
Wabasha, Minnesota |

I crossed into Wisconsin twice |

springvale, Minnesota |

Hard to believe its the Mississippi River... |

...but here near Bemidji, its only a crick... |

...and at its source - Lake Itasca - the mighty Mississippi River begins
its long course. |

Itasca, Minnesota - a great River is born |

The Red River - Fargo, North Dakota |