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Along the Mississippi
By Peter Kujawinski/ Travel/ The New York Times/ nytimes.com
"The Great River Road, the byway that runs next to the Mississippi River, was the
organizing principle of a road trip that took a family through the history of this land.
One Friday afternoon, we drove away from Chicago to look for rivers. The first one we came across was slender and manicured, like a path for floating golf carts. It followed the highway for a mile or two before turning away. Then came the real thing, the DuPage River, flowing fast and high with spring rain. We followed that for a while, heading toward our main destination: the Mississippi.
It was a simple idea for a family vacation. With our 6-year old twins and 3-year old in tow, my wife and I would drive to the Mississippi River and head south. After a few days, we would turn back. We’d follow the Great River Road, a patchwork of state highways and county roads that form a national scenic byway along the Mississippi River, 3,000 miles from Minnesota to Louisiana. This would be our first trip on the Mississippi as a family, although my wife and I had taken the road once before...."
Early morning on the Mississippi River with the Helena Bridge in the background. Credit Robert Rausch for The New York Times
Richard
By Peter Kujawinski/ Travel/ The New York Times/ nytimes.com
"The Great River Road, the byway that runs next to the Mississippi River, was the
organizing principle of a road trip that took a family through the history of this land.
One Friday afternoon, we drove away from Chicago to look for rivers. The first one we came across was slender and manicured, like a path for floating golf carts. It followed the highway for a mile or two before turning away. Then came the real thing, the DuPage River, flowing fast and high with spring rain. We followed that for a while, heading toward our main destination: the Mississippi.
It was a simple idea for a family vacation. With our 6-year old twins and 3-year old in tow, my wife and I would drive to the Mississippi River and head south. After a few days, we would turn back. We’d follow the Great River Road, a patchwork of state highways and county roads that form a national scenic byway along the Mississippi River, 3,000 miles from Minnesota to Louisiana. This would be our first trip on the Mississippi as a family, although my wife and I had taken the road once before...."
Early morning on the Mississippi River with the Helena Bridge in the background. Credit Robert Rausch for The New York Times
Richard