Driving Crosscountry 2020 : The Mighty Mississippi River

"Ol' man river

That ol' man river

he must know something

But he don't say nothing

Cause he just keeps rolling

He keeps rolling along ...

I gets weary

Yes I' am sick of trying

I'm tired of living and 

Scared of dying

But ol' man river

He keeps rolling along" (From "Old Man River")

And ...

"If you come down to the river

I bet you gonna find some people who live

And you don't have to worry if you got no money

People on the river are happy to give

Big wheel keep on turning

Proud Mary keep on burning

And we're rolling, tell you rolling, we're rolling on the river" (From "Proud Mary")

 I don't have too many pictures Of the Mississippi river, but this was one of my favorite parts of the trip. There is just such a deep sense of history and a bit of sadness watching such a large river roll along. The same river that carried so many African Americans deep into slavery. It was a totally unplanned moment to go and sit by the river. We sat there for a very long time, just thinking about everything that had gone on there in history. When we were about to leave we looked at the to the right and saw that there were many people sitting by the river periodically all the way down.