Joe Royer took this picture several years ago on the Mississippi River up near Shelby Forest, some fifteen miles above downtown Memphis. I believe he and his wife Carol Lee were taking the "Mississippi River Challenge," Joe's term for an endeavor he dreamt up: you leave a bicycle at Harbortown Marina on the Memphis riverfront, drive with your boat up to the Shelby Forest boat ramp, paddle down to Memphis, put your boat away at the marina, and ride your bike up a section of the Mississippi River Trail to retrieve your car at Shelby Forest. Reasonably fit men and women can complete this circuit in around four hours.
I haven't done the Mississippi River Challenge in years--sometime back before my road bike got stolen. But I do love this photograph. Our river is most definitely beautiful.
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