Saturday morning we decided to head downtown and go to the Mud Island Mississippi Riverwalk. It is a 5 block long scale replica of the Mississippi River. Every 30 inches of the model equals 1 mile and for each 1 inch deep it equals 5 feet of depth.
If you look at the far right dot on the map of Iowa, that shows Lock and Dam #8 in Bellevue, IA where my Dad grew up.
On a hot Memphis day it feels great to wade around.
Libby thought she was a giant. We thought the rough bottom would hurt her feet, but she didn't seem to mind at all.
At each major city along the Mississippi they have a map of the city .
Libby and I are standing at the exact point in Memphis where our house is.
Libby got her diaper soaking wet while wading throught the "river". So we took her dress off and let her crawl around with her bottle looking like a "trail-trash" baby.
2 comments:
Dad grew up by Lock and Dam #12
You are technically correct Dan, but since 1993 they changed it to #8.
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