frogman_5
Contributor
Let's see....
Out to the Gulf, then WNW for a day and a night. Up to the Grande Isle, around and up to the Mississippi Delta (stopping, of course, for a big bowl of Cajun gumbo and listen to the blues!). Take on a river pilot to guide through the Delta and into the river channel proper. No bypass canal for me! Drop off the pilot in New Orleans and pick up some coffee and bingets. The jazz in Jackson Square will have to wait for the trip back. Now up the river past the refineries, the once mighty plantations and under grand bridges spanning the Big Muddy. Pass hundreds of miles of levees and bluffs, forests and farmland. Small towns dot the shore while the whistle blasts warn of seamingly endless barge tows of corn and coal.
Finally, turn into the White River and take a slow meandering course through the hills 'til we finally arrive at Lake Norfork. Now, how the heck do we get over that dam?:11:
Did I ever mention I once thought of being a writer?
Out to the Gulf, then WNW for a day and a night. Up to the Grande Isle, around and up to the Mississippi Delta (stopping, of course, for a big bowl of Cajun gumbo and listen to the blues!). Take on a river pilot to guide through the Delta and into the river channel proper. No bypass canal for me! Drop off the pilot in New Orleans and pick up some coffee and bingets. The jazz in Jackson Square will have to wait for the trip back. Now up the river past the refineries, the once mighty plantations and under grand bridges spanning the Big Muddy. Pass hundreds of miles of levees and bluffs, forests and farmland. Small towns dot the shore while the whistle blasts warn of seamingly endless barge tows of corn and coal.
Finally, turn into the White River and take a slow meandering course through the hills 'til we finally arrive at Lake Norfork. Now, how the heck do we get over that dam?:11:
Did I ever mention I once thought of being a writer?