THE MUDDY MISSISSIPPI
WITH ITS RIVERBOATS AND RAFTS
A PLAYGROUND FOR TOM SAWYER
WHAT COULD BE BETTER THAN THAT
A CAVE TO GO SPELUNKING
LOTS OF WILDERNESS TO ROAM
TALL TALES BEYOND REBUNKING
A FUN PLACE TO BE CALLED HOME
Author's Notes/Comments:
LOVED THAT TOM SAWYER MUSICAL WITH JODIE FOSTER AS BECKY THATCHER AND JOHNNY WHITAKER AS TOM SAWYER...WHEN I WAS A KID I WENT TO MERRIMAC CAVERNS A COUPLE OF TIMES WHERE THEY FILMED PART OF THE MOVIE TOM SAWYER WHEN THEY WERE HIDINNG OUT IN A CAVE AND INJUN JOE WAS AFTER THEM AND LASSIE FILMED THERE TOO...I THINK WE TOOK A RIVERBOAT RIDE...NOT SURE...BUT DEFINITELY SAW RIVERBOATS THERE...I THINK IT WAS HANNIBAL MISSOURI BUT MAYBE THEY JUST CALLED IT THAT IN THE MOVIE NOT SURE...I KNOW I WENT ONCE WITH GIRL SCOUTS MAYBE TWICE AND ONCE WITH MY FAMILY ON A ROAD TRIP...WE WENT A LOT OF COOL PLACES WITH GIRL SCOUTS...WE WERE ALWAYS HAVING PAPER DRIVES AND CAR WASHES AND GOING CAMPING AND ON FUN ROAD TRIPS...THE FURTHEST WE EVER WENT WAS TO NIAGARA FALLS ONCE...BACK THEN YOU DIDN'T NEED A PASSPORT TO GO TO CANADA TO SEE THE HORSESHOE FALLS PART OF NIAGARA FALLS...THE N.Y. FALLS LOOKED LIKE A LITTLE TRICKLE COMPARED TO THAT...A BUS FULL OF GIRL SCOUTS SEEMED SAFE TO THE BORDER POLICE I GUESS...BESIDES NIAGARA FALLS THE THING I REMEMBER MOST ABOUT CANADA WAS HOW CLEAN IT WAS THERE...IT WAS FILTHY ON THE N.Y. SIDE LOTS OF GARBAGE...LITTER... ALL OVER THE PLACE...CANADA WAS PRISTINE AND BEAUTIFUL.
