The Mighty Mississippi

Mississippi River at Bettendorf, Iowa.  The wind and the flood stage of the river is giving it the feel of being on the ocean.

Traveling on the mighty Mississippi. The river is quite calm up near Red Wing and Minnesota. It is becoming more formidable as all the little rivers empty into the Mississippi. It changes when the 300 mile long Missouri River and the Mississippi come together. We feel fortunate to have ocean experience in Alaska, Washington State and the SALISH sea in British Columbia, Canada. The Gammel Dansk is able to handle the big waves on the river quite smoothly. OK, some of it was not as smooth as we would like. One of our planned stops was Appalachacola, Florida, to see Mary's childhood and high school friends from Mary's hometown Excelsior, Minnesota. So lucky to have started late, because we would have been sitting in the harbor there. Mary's friends refused to evacuate and have emailed us they are OK except for the loss of trees in their yard.

More "Rolling on the River" footage below...