DAY 1 – HEADWATERS

As they say in Italy, the headwaters were in restauro (essentially, a bridge and path were under construction, and they’d blocked the river). During reconnaissance, we determined that our boat would struggle with the shallow river, so we waded (without the boat) at the headwaters and put in 2 miles below, at Gulsvig Landing.

[BTW: All the river runners we met later had put into Lake Itasca above the headwaters, portaged the stepping stones, and floated under the construction fence...]

Headwaters Signpost

Stepping Stones Across the Mississippi

The top of the river is under construction