16 reactions | A river passing through a landscape catches the world and gives it back redoubled: a shifting, glinting world more mysterious than the one we customarily inhabit. -- Olivia Laing | Mississippi National River and Recreation Area | Facebook

The Mississippi River is a great river for biking. This video follows one of our Rangers on a ride from Pine Bend Bluffs Scientific and Natural Area to Hastings on the Mississippi River Trail. It's a great route -- traveling along the edge of a high bluff, through prairies, forests, and farmland, and offering impressive views of the Mississippi along the way. The next weeks will be a perfect time to try it out – as the colors change and fallen leaves reveal increasingly unobstructed views. The r