-27: Pick another River

The Mississippi River

Today we drive south, following the Red River across the border, past Drayton and on to Grand Forks, a city virtually destroyed by the 1997 flood. I can barely see the river, it’s so low. How can it be a killer?

On the way back west we pass through five states full of cornfields.  There are no rivers anywhere. I’m thinking about the flood as hard as I can, but all that comes to mind is: does the world really need this much corn? My partner leads me to the Mississippi where we pause, and I ponder. Surely there will be inspiration here on the banks of one of the most famous rivers on the continent but no, all I can think of are Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. And they’re already in a book.