On the Road Friday ~ Confluence of Ohio and Mississippi Rivers at Cairo, IL

Confluence of Ohio and Mississippi Rivers 

On our journey home from Fort Gordon, Georgia in late November 2018. We stopped at where two mighty rivers meet.

The mighty Mississippi and the Ohio come together at Cairo, Illinois.

 The Ohio River becomes a tributary of the Mississippi River directly south of Cairo, Illinois, a small city on the spit of land where the rivers converge.

  Southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois, and Western Kentucky

We crossed from Kentucky to Illinois. 

We decided to go ahead and cross the other bridge leaving Illinois and crossing into Missouri. The bridges are huge and it was fun to drive on both of them.We turned around and headed back into Illinois and headed North to Wisconsin.

 

 

 Lewis and Clark spent time at the Confluence.

The Great River Road

To learn more click on the link above.

Barges, I would like to sail with you, I would like to sail the ocean blue

I wonder what it is like to live on a barge? We saw some of the crew but not close enough to ask any questions. The boys wondered what they ate? What is their favorite part of the river? What do they all haul?
So many questions. It amazes me how we created so many ways of getting supplies to each other. Semi Trucks, Great Lake Freighters, Mississippi Barges and so many more ways.

Barges, I would like to sail with you, I would like to sail the ocean blue.

Barges, are there treasures in your hold? Do you fight with Pirates brave and bold?

Mississippi River

Lock & Dam No. 6 - Trempealeau, WI

Lock & Dam No. 6 is located in a bluff-lined valley on the Upper Mississippi River at 

Treampealeau, WI. We visited last summer. It was beautiful. Seeing the Lock and Dam in action was a lot of fun for us. The Barges are amazing! We could not get over how big they are!

Open up, here comes the barge!