Mississippi River Ramble

Mississippi River Ramble-Driving the Great River Road is a thirty day trip in a motorhome up the Great River Road National Scenic Byway from the small town of Venice Louisiana some eighty miles downriver from New Orleans to Bemidji Minnesota over a thousand miles upriver.Enjoy the ride over hill and dale through picturesque scenery enchanting historical small towns with names such as Bad Axe Elsah Genoa Keokuk Little Falls New Madrid Quincy Red Wing and Victory. Explore superlative larger cities such as Minneapolis/St. Paul New Orleans and St. Louis. Enjoy the often lighthearted recollections of motor coach sightseeing trips of local attractions such as the Crayfish Festival at Breaux Bridges Louisiana; Mardi Gras French Quarter and Oak Alley Plantation in New Orleans; the Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi; Graceland the home of Elvis Presley; Lorraine Motel where Dr. Martin Luther was assassinated the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis Tennessee; the St. Louis Arch and the Budweiser Clydesdale Horses in St. Louis the boyhood home of Mark Twain in Hannibal Missouri; the Mormon Temple in Nauvoo Illinois; Amana Colonies in Iowa; the Field of Dreams in Dyersville Iowa; and the Mall of America in Minneapolis Minnesota. Take pleasure in and chuckle a bit with Herb Williams' fifth book and the first in a series covering his travels throughout the United States.