Headwaters
Headwaters A new piece of information about me, I was born in Minnesota. My dad was from Minnesota and my Mom is from Iowa. They came to Tennessee for my mom to get her teaching degree from Milligan College. They fell in love with the area and never left. This is a similar story to many graduates of Milligan College. I digress. Many of our family vacations were spent visiting grandparents in either Iowa and Minnesota. On one particular vacation, I remember going to Northern Minnesota to visit Lake Itasca. This may not sound like a significant location to you, but it is the headwaters of the Mississippi River. What struck me as a kid, was how large the Mississippi River was. We had to cross it going and coming every year to visit my grandparents. I was always marveled by the barges and shipping yards that I would see along its banks. This river travels over 2500 miles, carrying fresh glacial water, to the Gulf of Mexico. This water is the source of life for plants and animals ...