“Take some if you need them; leave them when you are finished.” Such advice was given to some friends just yesterday as they visited an iconic site on the Mississippi.
Due to my aversion to severe respiratory infections, I am currently pretty much isolating from the general public.
Reading, writing, and living vicariously through the travel of others.
These friends had wandered down to Perry County in our fair state to view Tower Rock. Also known as Grand Tower, it has been a navigational waypoint since viewed as early as 1673 when noted by French missionary Jacques Marquette.
Later, Meriwether Lewis in November of 1803 referred to the top of the “grand Tower” as part of a “most beautiful and commanding view.”
For centuries, accessible by boat only (cause for it to be a pirate hangout at the dawn of the 19th century). In recent years, with extremely low water, it can be accessed by foot.
