The entire river walk is a five block replica of the Mississippi river beginning from Cairo, IL to New Orleans, LA. Each 30" stride is equivalent to one mile on the actual river and the "1,000" mile journey ends at the "Gulf of Mexico" with a huge water fountain and play area.
Before we headed down I jumped on the computer and quickly learned how to make paper boats. Each boat lasted half way down the river and then folded into a pile of mush, at which point the kiddos adopted leaves as their personal ships. Next visit we'll know to bring lots more paper. In all of our venturing to find new local attractions in the different places we have lived, this area was without a doubt one of the neatest we have discovered.
